MetalSucks Readers’ Favorite Albums of 2019, New Lucas Mann Controversy, and More Stories You May Have Missed This Week

The MetalSucks Playlist — Week of December 9 – December 13, 2019

Did you miss some of this week’s top stories in the world of metal? Catch up below:

1. MetalSucks readers say these are the best metal albums of 2019.
2. Jared Dines brought fresh allegations of musical chicanery against Rings of Saturn guitarist Lucas Mann. After Mann fired back, Dines apologized.
3. Serj Tankian is “all for” releasing recorded-but-unused songs from System of a Down’s previous albums.
4. Vote on which legendary metal band should retire next.
5. An airline forced a woman wearing a “Hail Satan” shirt to change before her plane would take off.
6. Metallica’s Black Album has claimed ANOTHER new chart record.
7. Ozzy Osbourne is offering $25,000 for help locating some stolen Randy Rhoads gear. Some of that gear was later found in a dumpster, but the most valuable pieces are still missing.
8. Here is a list of over 200 metal bands ranked by the Spotify listener counts for the month of December.
9. Watch a family perform a death metal version of “All Star” by Smash Mouth on Nickelodeon.
10. Baby Yoda from The Mandalorian LOVES grindcore.

See ya next week, everyone.