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Before Seattle heavy metal torchbearers RivetSkull were the band they are today, three members—guitarist Mark Plog, singer Chad McMurray and dummer Michael Robson—were known as Rising. Formed in 2009, the trio were the core of a Ronnie James Dio tribute band, and a very successful one at that. After five years of national and international touring, Plog,

System of a Down frontman Serj Tankian recently scored a new Netflix documentary series about the rise of a white-supremacist, fascist regime with the subtitle Evil on Trial. No, it’s not about Donald Trump’s recent hush money trial, but rather about the rise of Hitler’s Nazi party. According to Metal Injection, the documentary series, which

The last handful of times I’ve visited Minneapolis have been surprisingly pleasant. I stumbled across a couple sweet used bookstores in addition to my usual haunts which never fail to extract money from my wallet, the Twins were playing a home game during one of my visits and the game was being shown on a

Mass blasters Escuela Grind will melt faces with a new full-length LP later this year, but your face can’t wait until then, so we’re bringing you a brand new track courtesy of the Decibel Flexi Series! Exclusive track “Distant Disruptor” delivers 75 blistering seconds of rabid deathgrind and will not be featured on the new Escuela Grind record! You have until Monday,

“Supergroup” feels like too pretentious a word for a genre as cynical as noise rock but that’s exactly what you can call Cold Wives, a new group consisting of current and former members of Unsane, Glassing, Made Out of Babies, Red Sparowes and Dining With Dogs, just to name a handful. They’re coming out of the

Bands like Deathwish are those essential sonic entities that keep several flames burning for all of us: punk, speed metal, and all manner of obnoxious noise. The band displays an obvious fealty to Motörhead while also coming close to the ferocity of bands like Skitsystem, Midnight and Panzerbastard. This impressive Wisconsin outfit will unleash their

Paradox Rift released their new album, Ensnared, and the track “Doomsayer” is a great example of the record. Check out the video below. This heavy track tackles the topic of human frailty. The band say about the song: “Here’s a track that clearly sounds different from the rest of the album. Rooted in an almost blackened metal

Photo: Paisley Mena Los Angeles entity Swampbeast last emerged from their marshy lair in 2021, presenting their debut album, Seven Evils Spawned of Seven Heads, following a pair of smaller releases. They’ve emerged from the swamp again, this time with sophomore effort Offering of Chaos, Lamenting in the Blood of Man in tow. A 10-track slab of blackened

House by the Cemetery: Mike Hrubovcak – Photo by Diego Vieria; Rogga Johansson – Photo by Jacob Johansson If you thought I’d gone soft with last week’s Bleakheart premiere, fear not. Or, rather, be very afraid. Horror aficionados House by the Cemetery are rousing the undead once again with their sophomore album, The Mortuary Hauntings.

The Troops of Doom, Photo by Cissa Flores Oh, you thought we were done with full album streams for the day? Not. Even. Close. And this one is special. Jairo ‘Tormentor’ Guedz is back with a vengeance, leading Brazilian metal supergroup The Troops of Doom. Boasting an all-star lineup that includes guitarist Marcelo Vasco (Patria,

Yet another tour was announced earlier today and it seems like if you’re a fan of that post-hardcore/metalcore sound, then this run’s for you. That’s because Dayseeker are going on their ‘Dark Sun Protocol’ North American tour later this year with Alphawolf, Catch Your Breath, and Kingdom of Giants. Starting from August 27 in Dallas,

Maryland Deathfest—and with it, Memorial Day—is over, which means summer is upon us. While you might not get to see Bloodbath or Weekend Nachos again soon, the summer release calendar is loaded with death metal of all stripes. Check out our countdown of five albums you’d be a fool to ignore. Ulcerate – Cutting the

Few things will give you a more bleak outlook on humanity than its own sordid, blood-soaked history. Mankind is a savage entity with the capacity to be as great as it is terrible; how appropriate, then, that one of the most effective ways to commemorate and immortalize some of our lowest moments, defining though they

After months away from the spotlight (barring a few performances here and there), Metallica are back on the road for their ongoing M72 World Tour. With the first two stops of this run taking place in Munich, Germany, there was always going to be a chance that the guys were going to break out an

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is a renowned institution dedicated to memorializing the greatest artists in the history of rock music. But it has a secondary function which is to fuel pointless controversies within rock music. You’ll remember the time in 2007 when Fox News invented a controversy over their claim that the

Childbirth is said to be the most painful experience that a human can experience, and it’s a pain that nobody assigned male at birth can ever really understand. Except for Disturbed guitarist Dan Donegan, apparently, as he thinks that his gout is worse. In a recent interview with Instagram Live on a drive back from

New Jersey thrash metal legends Overkill just finished scorching Latin America, so now it’s time to scorch Europe. According to Blabbermouth, after wrapping up their Latin American tour to support their 2023 album Scorched in São Paulo, Brazil at Summer Breeze Open Air Brasil, the band announced a string of European tour dates for August

Kenneth “K.K.” Downing is not technically a founding member of Judas Priest, but only because none of the true founding members of the band still remain. Downing was, however, part of one of the earliest incarnations of the band, the first to record an album with the band, and he appeared on every Judas Priest

Nostalgia is a hell of a drug. Years after the best times for nu-metal are long behind us, it seems people just can’t get enough of the bands that were dominating teenagers’ lockers and Walkmans in the late 90s/early 2000s. Slipknot’s donning the old 1999 red jumpsuits on a 25th anniversary tour, Korn’s still a

We all may be gearing up for a weekend of barbecues and hangout seshes, but for a few of us here at the MetalSucks compound, we’re still stuck back at last weekend’s Milwaukee Metalfest. Can you blame us?! So many kick ass bands, so many drinks consumed, so many fun conversations with fans… It was