Tommy Vext Out of Bad Wolves, King Crimson Play Metallica, and More Stories You May Have Missed This Week

The MetalSucks Playlist — Week of January 4 – January 8, 2021

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

• Tommy Vext is out of Bad Wolves.
• Watch King Crimson’s Robert Fripp and his wife cover Metallica.
• Scott Weiland’s son, Noah, has been fired from the band Suspect208 for drug use.
• Iced Earth’s other members continue to deal with the fallout from Jon Schaffer’s participation in the Captiol riot.
• King 810’s David Gunn was also in the riot, although he claims he was there making a music video.
• Scott Rockenfield says he’s still in Queensryche despite his four year absence.
• Bassist/co-vocalist Marko Hietala quit Nightwish.
• Behold this beastly 20-string Mountain Dew guitar.
• Skillet’s frontman doesn’t understand the First Amendment.
• Sacred Reich’s Phil Rind has some constructive criticism for Trump supporters.
• Nervosa shared their picks for essential thrash and death recordings from the ’00s and ’10s.

That’s all for now. We’ll check in periodically over the weekend as usual and be right back at it full-bore next week.