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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

Next year’s going to have a lot of new releases to get hyped about, but one thing that could potentially be on the horizon is Megadeth‘s follow up to 2022’s The Sick…The Dying…and the Dead!” With general concensus being that we could see a new release from the iconic thrash band in the future, guitarist

In a tragic turn of events just months after his band released their fourth full-length release Be and Exist, Lucifer’s Hammer frontman Andrés “Hades” Adasme was killed “by a criminal” at 38 years old. Having been a member of the band since its formation in 2012, Hades can be heard providing his vocals on all

This coming spring looks like a hell of a time for European concert goers, as yet another trek featuring an incredibly popular act was recently announced. This time around, Swedish melodic death metal act Dark Tranquillity revealed a long list of dates throughout Europe with Moonspell and Hiraes in tow. Set to kick off on

Earlier this month, Shadows Fall released their first new song in a dozen years with “In The Grey” and it got a lot of attention from fans everywhere. To think that happened in the year of our lord 2024 is just wild to a lot of people — myself included. Over the weekend, the band

Photo by Lalitree Darnielle It’s November 7, 2024 and Albert’s persistent co-nerds are sitting in a Zoom lobby, waiting for today’s player character to ready up. Truth be told, the atmosphere is remarkably glum. Though we’re excited to be chatting with a former colleague, 2024 has taken its toll on us. Just two days removed

Fancy yourself a lover of Norwegian melodic, progressive, and doom metal, perhaps all rolled into one? Well, this might be your lucky fuckin day because it seems that one of the classics is coming back in one of its best forms. The 3rd and the Mortal just announced that they’ll be reuniting with singer Kari

Canis Dirus Bindrune Recordings is once again bringing black metal’s raw spirit to life with the announcement of By the Grace of Death, the fourth full-length offering from Minnesota’s atmospheric purveyors Canis Dirus. Following 2020’s Independence to the Beast and their 2021 split A Harmonious Union of Vibration with Crown of Asteria, the duo of