On Saturday, June 5, George Lynch reunited with Dokken at the Live United Live Music Festival in Sunbury, Pennsylvania to perform the three songs: “Kiss of Death”, “Tooth and Nail” and “When Heaven Comes Down.” You can watch fan-filmed footage from the reunion below. The classic line-up of Dokken — Don Dokken, Lynch, Jeff Pilson and Mick Brown — apparently have reunion tour dates booked, although
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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 latest video finds them covering ZZ Top’s “Sharp Dressed Man” along with the masked guitarist, Sidney Jake,
Former Judas Priest guitarist K.K. Downing has said he’s “justified” in calling his new group KK’s Priest, an obvious attempt to benefit from the name value of his former employers. Downing, who left Judas Priest in 2011 by his own volition and later became sour about not being invited back, launched KK’s Priest last year with two other
Periphery guitarist and mastermind Misha “Bulb” Mansoor has released a new solo single called “Echo Teuffel.” And if you’re wondering, yes, the title does come from the brand of guitar on which the track was composed. Explains Mansoor: “This song is aptly titled because it was born of me jamming on my rather unique Teuffel
Anthrax have released the fourteenth episodes of their Anthrax 40 for 40 video series, which celebrates the band’s 40th anniversary by taking a look at each individual ‘Thrax album over the course of the coming weeks. That will all lead up to a special career-spanning livestream performance on July 16 (the band’s actual 40th anniversary). Each album will get three
The organizers behind Voragos, a new 5-day rock cruise that will set sail in February of 2022, are betting that audiences rabid to get back to the live concert experience after a year and a half are ready to pack aboard cruise ships again now that the pandemic is fading into the rearview in America
Just a few months before the pandemic shut the world down, ex-The Dillinger Escape Plan vocalist Greg Puciato joined Alice in Chains guitarist Jerry Cantrell on stage for the latter’s solo show in Los Angeles, performing the Chains classics “Would?” and “Down in a Hole,” (tackling Layne Stayley’s parts) and a cover of “Who’ll Stop
Almost five months after parting ways with Tommy Vext, Bad Wolves have announced that they’ve hired a new singer: Daniel “DL” Laskiewicz, former guitarist for The Acacia Strain. Laskiewicz previously collaborated with Bad Wolves on their 2019 album, N.A.T.I.O.N., albeit only as a songwriter (if I’m not mistaken). He’ll make his recording debut with the
Red Fang have announced that they’ll hit the road in support of their new album, Arrows, this fall. Starcrawler will provide support on all headlining dates (except Alaska), with Here Lies Man (Oct. 15 to Oct. 27) and Warish (Oct. 29 to Nov. 18) rounding out the bill. Says guitarist Bryan Giles of the trek:
Mötley Crüe’s Vince Neil played his first post-pandemic show as part of this past weekend’s Boone River Valley Festival in Iowa, and if you think he used the downtime he had during the past year-and-a-half to get in shape and make sure his voice was in peak condition for his return, well, you don’t know
Virtual reality concerts aren’t exactly a new idea; Megadeth and Killswitch Engage have both done it, and long before the pandemic made streaming shows the new normal. Still, Within Temptation’s just announced “spectacular immersive event,” The Aftermath – A Show in Virtual Reality, sounds pretty darn cool. And I don’t even like Within Temptation. The
New Slipknot music means new Slipknot masks, and by the way you folks click on these articles we’re led to conclude that the clothing is more important than the songs (kidding aside, is it? food for thought). And with the band currently in the studio, the mask design process has begun as well, none important
Anthrax have released the twelfth episodes of their Anthrax 40 for 40 video series, which celebrates the band’s 40th anniversary by taking a look at each individual ‘Thrax album over the course of the coming weeks. That will all lead up to a special career-spanning livestream performance on July 18 (the band’s actual 40th anniversary). Each album will get three
New Jersey brutal death metal act Cognitive return with a new single and video, “ENIAC,” and have announced the release of their fourth album, Malevolent Thoughts of a Hastened Extinction. Guitarist Rob Wharton comments: “‘ENIAC’ was one of the first songs written for the new album, and when it was completed we instantly were like this has to be a single. The
Weezer leader Rivers of Cuomo has contributed songwriting credits to many artists over the years. He’s also an avowed metalhead. Turns out those two interests collided back in 2000 when Cuomo offered a newly written song called “Hash Pipe” to Ozzy Osbourne. The Prince of Darkness rejected the tune, which would go on to become
We hope you have the least-sucky Memorial Day possible. At the Gates, “The Paradox” More like “The ParaDAMN!”, right? [embedded content] Cloud Rat, “Mother Tongue ~ Glitter Belly” Half grind song, half ambient track, all awesome. Red Fang, “Why” Why ask why? [embedded content] Dee Snider, “I Gotta Rock (Again)” He no longer wants to
Official press release: Former Exodus frontman Rob Dukes’ band Generation Kill has today released their crushing new track “Never Relent” featuring the inimitable Gary Holt of Slayer and Exodus fame. With breakneck speed, dizzying guitar solos, and uncompromising vocals, the medieval wartime theme of the visual accompaniment is a gruesomely appropriate fit for the brutal single. Thrash buffs should also
The MetalSucks Playlist — Week of May 22 – May 28, 2021 Did you miss some of this week’s top stories in the world of metal? Catch up below: That’s all for now. We’ll check in periodically over the weekend (and this Monday, which is Memorial Day here in the U.S.) as usual and be
First of all, let us take a moment to celebrate the great Jeff Treppel’s description of the new Portal album, Avow, in this week’s Shit That Comes Out Today: “If you like death metal that sounds like the tape has been mangled and warped and run through the washing machine (without any degradation on the
The Munch Museum in Oslo, Norway — like, the actual, officially official museum dedicated to Edvard Munch — has announced that they’re collaborating with Satyricon — like, the actual, officially official black metal band — on a new exhibit. A press release says that the exhibit, appropriately dubbed Satyricon & Munch, “explores the intersection of