In Which We Rode the Lightning

THE METALSUCKS WORST WEEK PLAYLIST — WEEK OF JULY 28 – AUGUST 1, 2014

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Here are this week’s top stories:

• In honor of the 30th anniversary of its release, we did a track-by-track retrospective for Metallica’s Ride the Lightning.
• We finally got to hear a new Slipknot song!
• We debunked the myth that Dragonforce didn’t sell well before Guitar Hero.
• Mike Portnoy was upset when a fan wore a Mike Mangini-era Dream Theater shirt to his meet and greet… but probably less upset than he was by the fact that this dude who likes to have sex with animals wore a Portnoy-era Dream Theater shirt.
• Blake Judd decided not to end Nachtmystium!
• NEW MESHUUUUUUUUUUGGGAAAHHHHH (DVD)!
• Morgan Freeman narrated “The March of the Juggalos.”
• Metallica’s Kirk Hammett will have a guest solo on the new Exodus album.
• We saw Babymetal live in LA! Read our review!!!
• We got a small taste of how new Tool music might sound.
• Wintersun got into a public tiff with their label, Nuclear Blast Records.

We’ll see you Monday! Have a good weekend, gang!