In Which We Went from Being Cool to Uncool to Cool Again

 WORST WEEK EVER PLAYLIST, May 5 – May 9, 2014

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Here are this week’s top stories:

• We debuted new music from Killer Be Killed and Son of Aurelius, plus a new music video by The Modern Age Slavery.
• We counted down The Ten Most Embarrassing Attempts by a Formerly Cool Metal Band to be Hip Again and The Ten Most Surprising Instances of a Previously Uncool Metal Band Suddenly Becoming Cool.
• Cynic’s Paul Masvidal and Sean Reinert opened up about their sexuality.
• It took about twenty years, but Winger have buried the hatchet with Beavis and Butt-head.
• Trivium parted ways with drummer Nick Augusto, leading to a whole lotta drama.
• Scientists have discovered the heaviest metal ever!!!
• Falling in Reverse and Coolio made a video for the former’s cover of the latter’s “Gangsta’s Paradise,” and it’s just as awful as you’d think.
• Axl Rose’s former assistant announced he was releasing a tell-all book… and then my former assistant followed suit.
• We learned that Tommy Lee is going to play drums on the new Smashing Pumpkins album.
• We’re still having nightmares about exercise guru Richard Simmons in corpse paint.

Have a great weekend, gang! See ya Monday.