W.A.S.P., the band your mom always mixed up with Ratt, are turning forty. To celebrate this momentous occasion, they’re gonna tour Europe with one original member and not play their most famous song. Don’t everyone rush for tickets at once. Paradoxically for a band with so few actual ties to their past, in a press
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The Black Dahlia Murder frontman Trevor Strnad is both a student of metal and a prolific vocalist, regularly sharing public displays of affection for underground bands from throughout the metalsphere and lending his voice to up-and-comers (most recently, VHS). His newest foray outside of his day job finds him teaming up with Artificial Brain (and
On February 11, 2022, the newly-created Gibson Records will release 4, the fourth album from Guns N’ Roses’ Slash’s Slash Featuring Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators with Slash (Guns N’ Roses). But why is the album called 4????????? There are five members of the band… Slash was born on July 23, 1965… Slash has five
System of a Down frontman Serj Tankian is “doing well” after coming down with Covid-19 according to a post from the singer on social media. System of a Down postponed a pair of shows in Los Angeles this past weekend as a result of Tankian contracting the coronavirus despite being fully vaccinated. Serj noted in
King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp and his wife, the actress and singer Toyah Willcox, have unveiled the latest entry in their “Sunday Lunch” series of cover videos that have captured the Internet’s attention in recent months. The duo’s new video finds them covering The Stranglers’ 1977 classic “Peaches,” with Robert up on the kitchen counter
Kiss singer/bassist Gene Simmons is selling his family’s Las Vegas-area home, with an eye-popping listing price of $14.95 million. He owned the property for less than a year, paying $10.8 million in a 2020 transaction for the massive home in the suburb of Henderson. According to The Wall Street Journal, the house mostly sat empty
Despite having released two “new” songs originally intended for Chinese Democracy over the summer, Slash says Guns N’ Roses have not actually begun to work on new material as of yet. Speaking with Audacy Check In, the guitarist says: “As far as new Guns is concerned, we haven’t even gotten to that point of really in earnest
Guitar maestro John 5 (Rob Zombie, David Lee Roth, ex-Marilyn Manson, etc.) has announced that he will no longer be participating in Yngwie Malmsteen’s upcoming U.S. tour “out of an abundance of caution” regarding the ongoing pandemic. Says the guitarist in a statement: “Due to unforeseen circumstances and out of an abundance of caution I
Insane Clown Posse have released a new song called “Wretched.” There’s a section where someone sings a deliberately-warped iteration of “Plowed” by Sponge. That’s just about the last thing I expected to hear in an ICP song, but they both came up in Detroit so maybe they’re buds? ANYWAY, the rest of the song is
Gore fueled death metallers Pathology recently announced their 11th studio album, The Everlasting Plague, to be released on November 19. Today, the band offers fans the third single, “Dirge for the Infected.” Pathology comments: “We’re stoked to finally share another track from the new album! ‘Dirge for the Infected’ shows the full range of PATHOLOGY’s music, from brutally heavy to fast and complex along
Sad that you’re not gonna get to see Death Angel (or Testament or Exodus) live this year? Maybe this’ll help a bit: the distinguished thrash outfit will release a new live album, The Bastard Tracks, on Black Friday (November 26). As its name suggests, The Bastard Tracks will focus on rarely- and never-before-performed cuts. It
Electro-rock outfit Health are all about those collaborations lately, having teamed up on new tracks with both Nine Inch Nails and Deftones’ Chino Moreno this year alone, not to mention all the killer combos on last year’s full-length album. Now they’re back with another mix-and-match track, enlisting cross-genre star Poppy for a haunting new song
Atmospheric black metallers So Hideous have returned with a new album and single, their first since 2015. The band headlined the MetalSucks 10th anniversary bash we held at Brooklyn’s Saint Vitus bar in early 2017. That seems like friggin’ FOREVER ago, and indeed, the band’s undergone a complete rhythm section swap in the ensuing down
Canadian ’80s heavy metal revivalists Striker punked their fanbase yesterday into thinking they’d broken up by posting an image of a tombstone that read “RIP 2007-2021.” Understandably, folks bought it. One MetalSucks reader even emailed our general tips inbox with a screen shot, lamenting the sad news: Thankfully the band was just goofing around, employing
There comes a time in every metalhead’s life when they decide it’s time to finally venture into the dangers of the pit. For you it may’ve happened early, perhaps even at your first show, no fucks given. Perhaps it came later once you worked up the courage. And for a few of you, never at
Wacken Metal Battle USA is proud to announce its return in 2022 after two years of missed battles across America due to the Covid pandemic. For its last three years (2017-2019), Wacken Metal Battle USA has hosted battles across the country to send one independent metal band to perform at the world’s largest metal festival, Wacken Open Air, in Wacken,
David Ellefson recently appeared on Aftershocks TV along with the other members of his new band, The Lucid. The appearance marked Ellefson’s first interview since he was fired from Megadeth this past May admist a sex scandal. Asked if The Lucid provided him with a newfound sense of creative freedom, Ellefson responded: “Well, look, [Megadeth is]
Mötley Crüe singer Vince Neil is “back home and resting” following an accident on Friday, October 15, which saw him fall from the stage during his performance at the Monsters on the Mountain Festival at LeConte Center in Pigeon Forge, TN. A message posted to Mötley Crüe’s social media reads: “Vince is back home and resting after
System of a Down kicked off their series of West Coast dates with Korn last night, Saturday, October 15, the band’s first live appearance since July of 2019. Fan-filmed footage of the show has already been uploaded, including the band’s first ever performances of the two new songs they released last year, “Genocidal Humanoidz” and Protect
Sharon Burns, principal of Eden High School in St. Catherines, Ontario, has been allowed to keep her job after coming under fire from some of her students’ parents for being an Iron Maiden fan. The controversy began earlier this month when Burns posted a pair of photos on Instagram, including one of her throwing horns