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(Editor’s note: Looking back on 2024, there were so many good albums released that we decided to reach out to some of today’s artists and get them to weigh in on their favorites. What follows is Pallbearer bassist Joseph Rowand’s ‘Top Albums of 2024’.) Frail Body — Artificial Bouquet This album from these seemingly-infatigable road

Earlier this week, California death metal outfit Abysmal Dawn announced that they’d be recording their sixth full-length offering this year. It was a welcome reveal for fans, as the band hasn’t put out an album since 2020’s Phylogenesis. In the announcement made on their social media accounts, Abysmal Dawn revealed that they’d been working on

Shortly after she quit her post as one Butcher Babies‘ two vocalists, Carla Harvey said she left the gig to focus on her “death-care” career. And while she started her own project this past September, it sounds like she’s back in the music game for realsies this time, as she’s been announced as the new

Tormentor Tyrant Finland’s death metal trio Tormentor Tyrant is set to escalate the cruelty with their debut full-length album, Excessive Escalation of Cruelty, arriving January 24 on Everlasting Spew. Following the success of their ferocious self-titled EP in 2022, this album marks a significant evolution for the band, amplifying their raw, old-school death metal approach

Photo courtesy of Anna Vibeke Johansson – Nation North We’ll get a pummeling of Danish death metal on January 31 when Maceration’s Serpent Devourment drops via Emanzipation Productions. In the meantime, check out their video for “Where Leeches Thrive” to get a taste. “You will feel like be drained from blood by leeches in the very

It has recently come to light that Sean Blosl, former guitarist for Seattle thrash stalwarts Sanctuary, died in a car accident this past summer at the age of 58. The very brief obituary in The Chronicle says his exact date of death was August 26, 2024. With no official announcement coming from the band at

After a tumultuous 2023 that saw him unceremoniously ousted as drummer for Slipknot and a whirlwind 2024 where he ended up joining Suicidal Tendencies, Jay Weinberg‘s career’s certainly seen its fair share of twists and turns as of late. In a recent Instagram post, Weinberg announced that he’s been working on his first-ever solo album

What really can be said about 2024? Actually, what we can say about 2024 is that it was another shit year amongst a series of shit years as of late. What wasn’t shitty about the year though was some of the albums that came out. I had an unsurprisingly hard time trying to narrow down

As is New Year’s Eve tradition, Shane Embury’s Dark Sky Burial atmospheric ambient project is streaming new music to put a bow on yet another tumultuous year. 2024’s goodbye kiss is in the form of the first compilation from the prodigious project, titled V.I.T.R.I.O.L. Tune in below. V.I.T.R.I.O.L by Dark Sky Burial For those of

(Editor’s note: This year, we’re bringing back the individual ‘Top Albums’ lists. In previous years, we all kinda just lumped everyone’s picks into one article, but we got enough comments from you guys about wanting the individual lists, so here we are with MetalSucks reviewer C.C. DeLorean’s picks. Enjoy and happy holidays!) As tempting as

Venom Inc. is no longer down a man, having officially announced a replacement for Jeff “Mantas” Dunn who stepped back from the band earlier this month. The replacement shouldn’t come as a big surprise to anyone, however, as it’s former Nevermore and Annihilator guitarist Curran Murphy, who made his live debut with Venom Inc. back

How many of y’all remember Nevermore? They’re that one prog metal band who hailed from the grunge capital of Seattle in the early ’90s? Well, it seems like they’re returning. Maybe. Probably. Possibly? Van Williams and Jeff Loomis (who was also in Arch Enemy until last year) each shared a one-minute video on their socials

Not gonna lie—this is somewhat of a surprising take considering how everyone in almost every industry has been shitting bullets about A.I. and how it will (and already sort of has) ruin everything. For whatever reason though, Pestilence‘s Patrizio “Patrick” Mameli is all about that A.I. life, which is funny considering the band totally ditched

Apparently, Five Finger Death Punch’s bassist Chris Kael is a funny guy. Not funny weird (probably) but funny haha. Kael did a stand-up comedy set on December 13 at Skinny Bar in Boulder City, Nevada. He shared a clip of it on his Facebook page, which you can see here because for some reason it

Yes, you read that correctly. I did a double-take when I first read it, too. Nile‘s founding frontman Karl Sanders revealed a little secret of his recently. This fool loves pickleball, a little deeper than probably anyone else on Earth does. He went on Side Jams with Bryan Reesman to talk about his adoration for

(Editor’s note: Looking back on 2024, there were so many good albums released that we decided to reach out to some of today’s artists and get them to weigh in on their favorites. What follows is Revocation frontman Dave Davidson’s ‘Top Albums of 2024’.) Living Gate – Suffer As One This record is a complete

Earlier this month, Venom Inc. guitarist Jeff ‘Mantas’ Dunn announced on his Facebook page that he was no longer coming back to the band. At the time, he cited some hardships that have hit him and his loved ones — including his personal health — as the main reason he was leaving the band. For

It’s hard to believe that 2024 is at an end and 2025 is right around the corner! Looking back, there were a lot of awesome rock and metal albums to dive into over the last 12 months, including ones from Knocked Loose, Erra, High on Fire, Judas Priest, Pallbearer, Charlotte Wessels, Linkin Park, Dool, Devin

Happy Boxing Day everyone! In the spirit of the season…have you ever pulled the move at a Christmas gathering where, after realizing you forget to get a gift for your wallflower friend Joey or your Aunt Bunny (who you rarely cross paths with anyway), you say something to the effect of, “Ah shit, I must

(Editor’s note: Looking back on 2024, there were so many good albums released that we decided to reach out to some of today’s artists and get them to weigh in on their favorites. What follows is Shadows Fall frontman Brian Fair’s ‘Top Albums of 2024’.) Brian Fair from Shadows Fall here. Man, 2024 was a