Guitarist Marc Rizzo, who was let go from Soulfly earlier this summer under dramatic circumstances after an 18-year stint in the band, has release his first solo song, “Rotation,” and instrumental number, along with a playthrough music video. No information is available on whether or not an album from Rizzo is on the way; for
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Killswitch Engage performed without their longtime bassist Mike D’Antonio last Saturday, September 10, at the Inkcarceration festival in Mansfield, OH. It has since come out that D’Antonio tested positive for Covid-19 the day before, but he is said to be in good health. It isn’t known publicly whether he was vaccinated or not. The band’s
Official press release: The masters of melodic-hardcore are finally back! Today US-hardcore band Ignite from Orange County, CA released their brand-new digital EP Anti-Complicity Anthem on all digital platforms. Including the incredible title track as well as the exclusive B-side “Turn XXI” that will be only available on this EP the band makes an impressive
Official press release: Celebrating its 45 anniversary, Destroyer was originally released in 1976 and is considered to be one of the quintessential KISS albums. It is the band’s first album to sell one million copies in its first year and holds the title of being their all-time best selling studio album. Packed with concert staples and KISS
Perhaps all those metal shirts the Kardashian clan has been wearing lately have rubbed off on North, the eight-year-old daughter of Kim and rapper Kanye West, whose mother described her in a recent interview as a “full goth girl” who listens to Black Sabbath. From Kim wearing a Morbid Angel shirt (which resulted in a run on the
Pig Destroyer have released a cover of Perturbator’s recent single, “Excess.” As you can probably guess, it doesn’t sound much like the original track… but it does fucking rule. The recording is PxDx’s contribution to an upcoming EP, also called Excess, which will see Author & Punisher, Health, INVSN, and others all offer their own
Falling in Reverse frontman Ronnie Radke recently lost his shit during a show after spotting some dude in a “Fuck Ronnie Radke” shirt. The PRP has helpfully transcribed the entire rant. Keep in mind that a 37-year-old man said this: “Where’s the guy with the ‘Fuck Ronnie Radke’ shirt? I noticed that he saw me
Bring Me the Horizon have released a new single, “DiE4u.” It is, alas, not a secret cover of Garbage’s “#1 Crush.” The music video — a riff on the vampire club scenes from Blade and Blade II — was shot in Kiev and directed by renaissance man Oli Sykes. Discussing the track in a press
Following the announcement that Faith No More (and Mr. Bungle) have canceled all of their upcoming performances due to mental health issues frontman Mike Patton is currently struggling with, System of a Down have tapped Korn to fill in on a series of five upcoming West Coast shows in October. Russian Circles will stay on
Spirit Adrift frontman and chief songwriter Nate Garrett recently joined us for an episode of The MetalSucks Podcast to discuss the band’s new EP, Forge Your Future, the compliment that he got from Fenriz of Darkthrone, how he turned a Donald Trump phrase into a line on the track “Invisible Enemy,” and more. Among the topics
Enterprise Earth have announced that their vocalist, Dan Watson, will not be joining them for their myriad of upcoming tour dates “due to unforeseen circumstances.” No additional info was offered. Filling in for Watson will be Travis Worland from The Willow and Aethere. Says the band in a statement: “Due to unforeseen circumstances Dan Watson
Did Clutch write a song about a much-maligned guitar pedal? I can’t make out what Neil Fallon is singing in the below fan-filmed footage of the band performing a new song, “Boss Metal Zone,” but the title is surely no coincidence. In case you’re wondering, a 2018 rig rundown of guitarist Tim Sult’s gear did
System of a Down have a handful of live dates scheduled for this fall, and joining them for all five shows will be influential fusion-metal legends Faith No More and spacey instrumentalists Russian Circles. The first of those takes place on October 15 in Las Vegas, and while the other four follow shortly thereafter in
Björn “Speed” Strid of The Night Flight Orchestra and Soilwork is back on the show! We start out by discussing the brand new album from The Night Flight Orchestra, Aeromantic II; why they released standalone singles that are not on the record, the entire band catching Covid-19 after their last tour in March of 2020,
Mudvayne performed their first show in 12 years last night, September 11, at the Inkcarceration Music & Tattoo Festival in Mansfield, OH. The show kicked off Mudvayne’s highly-anticipated reunion, which also includes performances later this fall at three other festivals put on by concert promoter Danny Wimmer Presents: Louder Than Life, Aftershock and Welcome to Rockville. The
Korn frontman Jonathan Davis took to Instagram this weekend to thank fans for their support during his recovery from Covid-19, which sidelined him for nearly two weeks and resulted in the postponement of six shows and the complete cancelation of two. Davis posted to his personal Instagram yesterday, September 11: “I’m not really good at
Official press release: New York death metal pioneers Suffocation have announced their new live album, Live in North America, which will be released on November 12th. Today, the band releases the track video for the first single, “Funeral Inception.” Watch the video featuring photographs taken by Jason Carlson, below. Guitarist Terrance Hobbs comments: “We couldn’t be more excited to bring our fans our
Korn have announced that J.R. Bareis will fill in for guitarist James “Munky” Shaffer, who will sit out the group’s upcoming shows after testing positive for COVID-19. Munky is the second member of the band to contract the virus this tour, after frontman Jonathan Davis. Bareis also plays in the band Love and Death with
TMZ reports that two children of Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme, aged five and ten, have filed for a domestic violence restraining order against their father. Brody Dalle, Homme’s ex-wife, filed for the restraining orders on behalf of ten-year-old Orrin and five-year-old Wolf. Homme and Dalle separated in November 2019 and divorced a month later. They
According to Hypocrisy mastermind Peter Tägtgren, the band’s first new album in eight years, Worship, has been in the works since before the pandemic: “We’ve been recording this album here and there for two years and now it’s done! Maybe it was waiting for the right time as some songs are even more real now