YouTube masher-upper extraordinaire Bill McClintock has returned! For his latest amalgamation masterwork, McClintock has take Van Halen’s “Jump” — one of the most uplifting songs of all time — and melded it with “Your Cheatin’ Heart” by Hank Williams. The result: “Jump” has never sounded so sad!!! Enjoy the mash-up below. Click here to check out some of McClintock’s
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Tom Barber, monster noise-maker for Chelsea Grin and the Jane Fonda of the deathcore generation, has a sad message for his fan. Lambgoat reports that during a recent Instagram story, Baker made the following declaration: “If your country or state requires me to be vaccinated to play a show I will not play the show.”
Robert Fripp is on tour in the U.S. with King Crimson at the moment, but that doesn’t mean his infamous “Sunday Lunch” cover videos with his wife, the actress and singer Toyah Willcox, have taken a pause. For this week’s video, Willcox delivers a solo cover of the Divinyls’ “I Touch Myself” for her husband,
Former Skid Row singer Sebastian Bach has announced that he’s contracted Covid-19 despite being vaccinated. Bach reports feeling “completely fine” despite a recent positive test following a series of fly-in live performances. So-called “breakthrough infections” have been attracting media attention lately although they remain rare. The three vaccines available in the U.S. remain tremendously effective
This Monday, August 9, marks the 27 year anniversary of the release of Burn My Eyes, the seminal debut album by Machine Head. To celebrate the event, three-fourths of the band’s Burn My Eyes-era line-up — Robb Flynn (guitar/vocals), Logan Mader (guitar), and Chris Kontos (drums) — put on a livestream performance of the entire
After several days of rumors, guitarist Marc Rizzo has confirmed his departure from Max Cavalera’s Soulfly. Earlier this week, it was announced that Soulfly would soon be touring with Fear Factory guitarist Dino Cazares in place of Rizzo. Rumors of Rizzo’s departure from the group after eighteen years heated up the next day, when the
Official press release: Sleep Token have released “The Love You Want,” the second single from their forthcoming album This Place Will Become Your Tomb. Watch the otherworldly video for “The Love You Want” below. Anonymous, silent, masked, armed with a staggering vocal range, a deft touch on the keyboards, plus a live approach that is never less than fully
Official press release: As they prepare for the release of their monumental new E.P. Forge Your Future (August 27, Century Media), Spirit Adrift have reemerged with a music video for the album’s stunning second single “Wake Up.” Vocalist/guitarist Nate Garrett comments: “The video for ‘Wake Up’ marks the third time we’ve worked with Guilherme Henriques, and these collaborations somehow produce better results
In an interview published last night, White House chief medical advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci warned that as the U.S. daily COVID case average approaches 100,000 people per day — a whopping 48% increase from just one week ago — a new, more severe, vaccine-resistant variant could emerge. Furthermore, Fauci stressed the fact that vaxx holdouts
Sinsaenum have released a statement commenting on the death of their drummer, Joey Jordison (ex-Slipknot, Murderdolls, etc.). Jordison died last week at the age of 46. Although no cause of death has been publicly disclosed, Sinsaenum’s statement includes this telling passage: “Joey also had his demons, and nothing hurts more than knowing that we did everything
Anthrax have released the final episode 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 all lead up to a special career-spanning livestream performance on July 16 (the band’s actual 40th anniversary). You can watch the last episode below. The
The unceasingly-divisive Deafheaven have done the most divisive thing a band can do: they’ve changed their sound. Specifically, on their forthcoming album Infinite Granite, they’ve ditched most of the screaming and generally-metal elements of their music in favor of elements sure to appeal to what Vince wittily dubbed “the Pitchfork / Stereogum demographic.” Personally, I,
On August 15, Backbeat Books (an imprint of Rowman & Littlefield) will release Metallica: The $24.95 Book by longtime friend of MetalSucks, Ben Apatoff. The tome looks at Metallica’s cultural significance, with chapters devoted to each member, each album, touring, fashion, books, film, influences, fandom, history, and more, exploring the band’s ideologies along the way. It’s
So far, everything we’ve heard from The Metallica Blacklist — the upcoming album on which eight-trillion famous artists cover tracks from The Black Album to celebrate that record’s thirtieth anniversary — has suggested that the participants really took the material and made it their own. Love it or hate, there’s no denying that these musicians
Light up that celebratory bonfire: death metal legends Immolation are in the studio working on their eleventh full-length studio album. We know this because the band recently shared a pair of studio photos on social media, along with this message: “It has begun…🔥” You can view the post below. The pictures tell you nothing about
A Day to Remember have announced what they’ve appropriately dubbed “The Re-Entry Tour.” Set to kick off at the end of September, the trek will feature support from Asking Alexandria and Point North. Dates are below. Tickets go one sale Friday, August 6 at 10 a.m. local time. 9/28 – Rochester, NY – Main Street
Metallica have released a trailer for the A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica Outtakes DVD. The DVD, which, as its title suggests, includes unused footage from the band’s fan favorite 1992 documentary chronicling the making The Black Album and the subsequent tour to support it. You can watch the trailer below. The
Official press release: Rock icons Danko Jones have announced two livestream performances in celebration of the release of their tenth studio album Power Trio, out August 27th via Sonic Unyon Records. The livestreams are set for Saturday, August 28th at 8:00PM ET / 5:00PM PT and at 8:00PM CET. These shows will be streamed live from Bridgeworks in Hamilton, Ontario. To add to the
Metal Church have clarified the statement they released yesterday (July 30) regarding the passing of their singer, Mike Howe. Howe died by suicide on Monday, July 26 at the age of 55. The band subsequently issued a statement in which they asserted that the vocalist was “victimized by a failing health-care system and subsequently poisoned by
Firstborne, the project featuring drummer Chris Adler (ex-Lamb of God), bassist James LoMenzo (ex-Megadeth, ex-Black Label Society, ex-White Lion, etc.), guitarist Myrone, and singer Girish Pradhan (Girish and the Chronicles), have released new song, “The Bidding.” In an accompanying statement, the band promises that they will have a “new album soon.” You can listen to “The