Metal

Iconic Twisted Sister singer Dee Snider has announced a July 30 release date via Napalm Records for heavily-anticipated new album, Leave a Scar. Like Dee’s last solo outing, For the Love of Metal, this latest effort was produced by Hatebreed’s Jamey Jasta. It also includes “Time to Choose,” a duet with Cannibal Corpse’s George “Corpsegrinder”

Dino Cazares is currently making the rounds promoting Fear Factory’s new album, Aggression Continuum, and during an interview with the Talk Toomey podcast, he made an interesting revelation: he was asked to try out for Limp Bizkit. The revelation comes while Cazares is recounting the L.A. metal scene in the early/mid-90s, which included not only

Earlier this week, Megadeth fired David Ellefson amidst the bass player’s ongoing sex scandal. That scandal began earlier this month after an Instagram user, identified only as ‘woahworst,’ started sharing accusations that Ellefson had groomed an underage girl. As proof, they offered extremely explicit video of Ellefson masturbating during a video chat, as well as

An arrest warrant for Marilyn Manson (né Brian Warner) has reportedly been issued in New Hampshire, charging the singer with two counts of misdemeanor simple assault… but not as a result of the deluge of recent allegations that the shock rocker abused multiple women, including former girlfriends and at least one assistant. Instead, TMZ (by

Zeal & Ardor have released “Run,” the first single from their forthcoming third full-length album, a self-titled affair. And it’s quite a blast in the face. Anyone who’s followed this band even a little will notice one glaring difference between “Run” and much of the band’s past material: how friggin’ heavy it is. While Zeal

For the tenth episode of their ongoing Anthrax 40 for 40 retrospective video series, the NYC thrash legends discuss their 1987 EP, I’m the Man. The title track from that EP, I should not have to tell you, is widely considered to be one of the first, if not the first, rap-metal songs. You can watch the

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame says they’re not biased against metal… but given the sheer number of notable metal bands they’ve snubbed over the years, that seems like a dubious claim. And it doesn’t really matter — Bruce Dickinson has gone so far as to say that he wouldn’t let the Rock Hall

The Devil Wears Prada have released a new single and video, “Forlorn.” The song joins previous singles “Nightfall” and “Termination” from their forthcoming EP, ZII. Frontman Mike Hranica offered: “Hopelessness is a primary theme to ‘ZII‘ and ‘Forlorn’ really drives that home. While fictitious zombie songs aren’t intended to particularly tug at one’s heart string, ‘Forlorn‘ goes all

Queensryche drummer Scott Rockenfield’s new “Queensryche 2021” website, launched earlier this month seemingly without the full band’s blessing, now features a “band” section with vocalist Todd La Torre and guitarist Parker Lundgren cropped out of a photo. Rockenfield had been absent from Queensryche since going on paternity leave in 2017 until he reappeared with a

Official press release: Multi-instrumentalist, veteran songwriter, and long-tenured guitarist of the Grammy-nominated rock outfit Stone Sour, Josh Rand and his The L.I.F.E. Project partner, co-songwriter and vocalist Casandra Carson have dropped new song, “Ignite” today, It is the second track to be released from their debut, self-titled EP which the duo announced today and will be released on July

Anthrax have released the eighth video of their massive 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). The latest

Fear Factory guitarist Dino Cazares joined us for this week’s episode of The MetalSucks Podcast to chat about his public split with former vocalist Burton Seabell, the upcoming new album, Aggression Continuum, dealing with fan backlash and more. In a more light-hearted portion of the interview, Dino revealed that mega-producer Bob Rock (Mötley Crüe, Metallica, Bon

Helloween have released “Fear of the Fallen,” the second single from their first album with three singers, which is also called Helloween. Says vocalist Andi Deris of the song: “I had so much fun not only writing a song for my voice but also for one of the greatest singers out there. I always have

Exodus frontman Steve “Zetro” Souza says that the band’s drummer, Tom Hunting, has been “doing really good” since beginning treatment last month for squamous cell carcinoma, a form of cancer. Souza gave fans the update as part of the most recent episode of YouTube series, Zetro’s Toxic Vault: “I was actually with the whole band

If you haven’t been swayed by my gushing words about pop-tech-death outfit Fractal Universe yet, I’m not sure what else to tell you. But according to the extremely scientific and not-at-all anecdotal MetalSucks comments section, it’s been working! Here’s what a commenter known as Cornlord had to say about the band’s previous single, “A Clockwork

Anthrax have released the eighth video of their massive  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). The latest

Marilyn Manson’s former assistant, Ashley Walters, is suing the shock rocker, alleging sexual harassment, abuse, and battery. Walters seeks back pay and lost wages, compensatory and punitive damages, and the retrieval of explicit images of women obtained without consent. According to Deadline, the 16-page lawsuit claims that Manson “physically and verbally threatened” Walters, and would

Celebrities have a difficult enough time enjoying themselves in public without being harangued for selfies and endless, boring conversations by punishing fans. Even moreso when your public persona is based around an instantly identifiable visual aesthetic. All celebrity chef Guy Fieri wanted to do was enjoy a Slipknot concert in peace. So the Diners, Drive-Ins

Anthrax have released the sixth and seventh 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

Royal Blood’s Ben Thatcher was our guest on a recent episode of The MetalSucks Podcast to discuss the band’s new album, Typhoons, which came out last month, among other topics. At one point in the chat, podcast host Petar Spajic asked Thatcher what he thinks of the “rock is dead” rhetoric that’s been bandied about lately,