Metal

As our civilization continues its inexorable devolution back into the Dark Ages, there are now lunatics on the Internet who believe that last week’s Astroworld tragedy was part of a deliberate Satanic sacrifice performed by Travis Scott and/or Live Nation. Furthermore, they think that Scott went to fairly substantial lengths to broadcast this information. For

Khemmis co-guitarist and co-vocalist Phil Pendergast is our guest this week! We discuss the band’s new album, Deceiver, the long and difficult process of writing lyrics for it, fighting through a lack of motivation and depression during the pandemic, how Deceiver connects to the band’s breakthrough album, Hunted, the exit of bassist Dan Beiers during

After a long wait, melodic death metal pioneers Dark Tranquillity have just announced an extensive North American tour for early 2022! The band’s first visit to our shores in over three years will bring with it the crushing grooves of Kataklysm and the progressive death metal of Nailed to Obscurity. A little something for everyone

Taking inspiration from MTV’s Unplugged series from the ’90s, Haunt have announced a new acoustic album, Unplugged Vol. 1, featuring reimagined versions of eight of the band’s previously released tracks. Due to be released via Iron Grip and Church Recordings next Friday, November 12, the band has now offered the first single, “Beautiful Distraction,” as a preview of the record.

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Korn are now offering what The PRP describes as “a brief snippet of what appears to be a new song” via, of all things, a new Instagram filter. The the QR code for the filter is available here. You can go here to view posts by fans using the filter. Additionally, a fan has spotted

OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE: Metal singers Dez Fafara and D. Randall Blythe abide by the maxim to “put your money where your mouth is” with Chakra Coin, a new cryptocurrency designed to foster community and invest in charitable causes. Longtime friends, both frontmen earned gold records with their respective bands and share unwavering commitments to artistic

Longtime MetalSucks favorites So Hideous are getting ready to release None But a Pure Heart Can Sing, their first new album since 2015, which is beyond-exciting news. The first single from the release, “The Emerald Pearl,” was an ambitious expansion of their sound; the new single, “Souvenir (Echo),” is no less daring. The band retains

Exodus’ third-best singer, Steve “Zetro” Souza, has outed himself as an anti-vaxxer while once again voicing support for former president Donald Trump. Souza first got The Don’s back in 2018. Now, in a new interview with the podcast Scars and Guitars, Souza doubles down on endorsing MAGAism, trotting out every tired argument in the Defend

OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE: Rock and metal music have always been a haven for those who have bigger stories to tell; who have grander emotions to convey. For more than thirty years, Finnish figureheads Amorphis have done their best to carve their very own niche in heartfelt yet aggressive, melancholic yet soothing tunes. On Halo, their

Cult of Luna have announced their new full-length album, The Long Road North, set for release on February 11th, 2022 on Metal Blade Records. Pre-orders will begin on December 1st, 2021 at this link.  Vocalist/guitarist Johannes Persson comments: “The long road north is a long road home. A direction dictated by a call that penetrates rock and

Those of us with older siblings know well the ire reserved for a younger brother or sister who touches YOUR STUFF, dammit. Likewise, those of us with younger siblings are quite familiar with the intense dread that the stupid little squirt in the house will mess up your precious belongings when you’re not there. A

After being sidelined by the pandemic along with everything else, the Decibel Magazine Tour will return in 2022 — and, as per usual, it has a killer bill. Specifically, the tour will include Obituary, Municipal Waste, Enforced, Gatecreeper, and SpiritWorld. That’s the rare ticket with no weak bands. It doesn’t seem to be coming to

Swedish metallers Orbit Culture have released a new video for “Strangler,” the third single from the band’s new EP, Shaman, which came out in September via Seek and Strike. Vocalist and guitarist Niklas Karlsson comments on the new EP:  “Shaman has that flow to be executed more in a live setting, which was one of the goals creating it. We want to be

Guitar savant John 5 continues to promote his new album, Sinner, which came out last Friday, October 29 via Big Machine Records. Following the previous single, “Qué Pasa,” featuring guest vocals from Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine, Mr. 5 has now released a video for “Land of the Misfit Toys,” the title of which invokes creepy imagery appropriate for

Alice Cooper has announced that he’ll return to the road in late January for a spate of headline tour dates. The itinerary as it currently stands is below. The public on-sale follows on Friday, November 5 at 10 AM local time. Cooper’s most recent album, Detroit Stories, was released in February. 1/28 — Cincinnati, OH

Well, here’s a fun quote to try and wrap your head around. Sammy Hagar has gone out of his way to clarify that he has no beef with David Lee Roth, his predecessor and successor in Van Halen (multiple times — let it never be said that this band wanted for drama)… while simultaneously insulting

Nu-metal icons/whipping boys Limp Bizkit have made good on their threat to release their new album, Still Sucks, on Halloween. After teasing as much a few days prior, the band announced on Friday, October 29, that Still Sucks would arrive two days later. The band officially announced the album via an Instagram video in which

Ghost returned to the spotlight in September with a new song, “Hunter’s Moon” — from the soundtrack for the film Halloween Kills — and a freshly announced tour with Volbeat. Fans will need to wait a bit longer for a full-length Ghost album, but that can’t be far off seeing as frontman Tobias Forge said

OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE: Genre-bending, modern metallers, Crown the Empire, have released their heaviest track to date. The song, titled “Dancing With the Dead,” is the band’s first that features no clean vocals and instead features a furious, guttural exchange between vocalist Andy Leo and bassist/vocalist Hayden Tree. Accompanying the new track is a darkly cinematic music video,