Quarantinecast 0 Baroness Mastermind John Baizley on The Quarantinecast #23 September 9th, 2020 at 9:42am Vince Neilstein Baizley discusses the band’s first-ever livestream concert and working on new Baroness material under quarantine. https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/quarantinechat/baizley_pod.mp3Podcast (quarantinecast): Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Spotify | RSS
Everyone's Replaceable 0 John Petrucci Explains Why Mike Portnoy Isn’t Re-Joining Dream Theater August 11th, 2020 at 9:38am Vince Neilstein Portnoy’s presence on Petrucci’s solo album doesn’t mean a Dream Theater reunion is in the cards.
New Stuff 0 Check Out the Title Track From John Petrucci’s Terminal Velocity (Featuring Mike Portnoy) August 7th, 2020 at 10:12am MetalSucks It’s the first time Petrucci and Portnoy have recorded together in over a decade.
Worst Week Ever 0 Popular Nu-Metal Bands’ Album Sales Ranked, Ex-Manowar Guitarist Faces 25 Years in Prison, and More Stories You May Have Missed This Week July 31st, 2020 at 4:05pm Axl Rosenberg Also includes Metallica, Ozzy, Korn, Static-X, and more.
Pummeling Politics 0 System of a Down’s John Dolmayan: “The Black Lives Matter Movement Could Care Less About Black People” July 25th, 2020 at 11:47am MetalSucks He also mocked athletes for kneeling during the national anthem.
New Stuff 0 Clutch Post New-ish Song, “Run, John Barleycorn, Run” July 10th, 2020 at 12:38pm MetalSucks The song was previously only available on a 2014 split 7″ with Lionize.
Coronavirus 0 150+ Notable Metal Musicians Participate in Decibel’s “Get Behind the Mask” Gallery July 10th, 2020 at 12:05pm Axl Rosenberg Includes members of Metallica, Judas Priest, Megadeth, Anthrax, GWAR, and pretty much every other band ever.
Upcoming Bullsh*t 0 John Petrucci Explains How Reunion with Mike Portnoy for Solo Album Came to Be July 9th, 2020 at 11:08am Vince Neilstein He explains why the follow-up to Suspended Animation is finally coming out 15 years later.
Pummeling Politics 0 System of a Down’s John Dolmayan: “There Is No Systemic Racism in the United States” July 7th, 2020 at 11:14am Axl Rosenberg The drummer calls the Black Lives Matter movement “a Democratic Party fundraiser and propaganda tool” that “never had legitimacy.”
Coronavirus 0 U.K. Government Passes £1.57 Billion Relief Package for Arts and Entertainment Industries July 6th, 2020 at 12:19pm Vince Neilstein Where’s the bailout for live music venues and promoters in the U.S.?
F-F-F-Feudin' 0 Serj Tankian Says He Respects John Dolmayan Despite “Extremely Polarised Political Commentary” June 24th, 2020 at 10:38am Vince Neilstein The statement follows weeks of not-so-subtle sparring in the public eye.
Upcoming Bullsh*t 0 Dream Theater’s John Petrucci Announces Second Solo Album, Terminal Velocity June 18th, 2020 at 8:59am Vince Neilstein The guitarist’s first solo album, Suspended Animation, came out all the way back in 2005.
Pummeling Politics 0 System of a Down’s John Dolmayan Tells Liberals to Stop “Demonizing Trump and Blaming Him for Everything Under the Sun” June 17th, 2020 at 2:38pm Axl Rosenberg Dolmayan responds to since-debunked allegations that Shake Shack employees deliberately poisoned members of the NYPD.
Pummeling Politics 0 Video: Winds of Plague Dressed in Blackface at Halloween Show in 2005 June 11th, 2020 at 11:54am Vince Neilstein The band were dressed up as Wu-Tang Clan for a Halloween show.
Pummeling Politics 0 System of a Down’s John Dolmayan Calls Movement to Defund the Police “The Stupidest Thing I’ve Ever Heard” June 8th, 2020 at 2:24pm Axl Rosenberg Hot take!
Pummeling Politics 0 System of Down’s John Dolmayan Says It “Shouldn’t Be a Shock to Anybody” That He and Serj Tankian Have Differing Political Views June 6th, 2020 at 12:40pm MetalSucks In a new 14-minute video, the drummer explains how he and Tankian get along despite not always seeing eye-to-eye politically.
Pummeling Politics 0 System of a Down’s John Dolmayan Says Donald Trump Is “The Greatest Friend to Minorities” June 4th, 2020 at 12:02pm Axl Rosenberg In other news, John Dolmayan is apparently smoking crack now.
New Stuff 0 Powerman 5000 Celebrate ’70s and ’80s New Wave With New Song “Black Lipstick” June 3rd, 2020 at 1:56pm Axl Rosenberg This is the best song Powerman 5000 have ever produced.
Black Collar Workers 0 Saudi Arabia Purchases $500 Million Stake in Live Nation April 27th, 2020 at 4:38pm Axl Rosenberg With a 5.7% stake in the company — which also owns Ticketmaster — that makes the Saudi Public Investment Fund Live Nation’s third-largest shareholder.
The Webernets 0 Drummer John Dolmayan on Making a New System of a Down Album: “I’m Not Even Sure I Wanna Do It Anymore” April 21st, 2020 at 10:10am Axl Rosenberg Dolmayan also says that Serj Tankian and Daron Malakian aren’t solely to blame for the band failing to record new music.