Coronavirus 0 Quiet Riot to Play Socially Distanced Show on July 4 June 11th, 2020 at 12:05pm Axl Rosenberg The 3,000-person capacity show will take place at the Magic Springs Theme And Water Park in Hot Springs, Arkansas.
Coronavirus 0 New Survey Says That 90% of Independent Music Venues Won’t Survive the Pandemic June 9th, 2020 at 1:25pm Axl Rosenberg The survey included 2,000 2,000 independent music venues from all fifty states in the U.S.
Neilstein Soundscam 0 Metal Bands Ranked by Their Spotify Monthly Listener Counts for June 2020 June 5th, 2020 at 11:26am Vince Neilstein Most bands saw an increase in streams last month. Static-X, Ratt, Within Temptation, Protest the Hero, Enslaved and Veil of Maya were some of the big winners.
Coronavirus 0 Danica Roem Joins Women Metal Vocalists in “Pass the Brush” Video to Help Musicians in Need May 11th, 2020 at 2:12pm Vince Neilstein Also featuring members of A Sound of Thunder, Seven Kingdoms, AfterTime and more.
Neilstein Soundscam 0 Metal Bands Ranked by Their Spotify Monthly Listener Counts May 5th, 2020 at 11:20am MetalSucks Trivium, Havok, Warbringer, Protest the Hero, The Ghost Inside and others saw large gains while most bands’ numbers dropped.
Coronavirus 0 Killswitch Engage Release Atonement II B-Sides for Charity for COVID-19 Relief May 1st, 2020 at 12:15pm Axl Rosenberg The collection of six songs that didn’t make the final cut for last year’s Atonement is now available on Bandcamp.
Editorials 0 On the Natural Bias of Friendship, Metal Bands, and Access Journalism April 30th, 2020 at 11:18am Vince Neilstein Has MetalSucks’ friendships with certain metal bands impacted our coverage? Does it matter?
Coronavirus 0 Metal Photographer Nathaniel Shannon and MetalSucks Team Up to Help Touring Crew Impacted by COVID-19 Concert Cancelations April 27th, 2020 at 2:41pm MetalSucks Bid on photo prints of Slayer, Megadeth, Deftones, Danzig, Motorhead, King Diamond and more. Proceeds benefit touring crew impacted by COVID-19.
New Stuff 0 System of a Down’s Serj Tankian Posts New Song, “Hayastane” April 27th, 2020 at 10:50am Vince Neilstein The lyrics were penned by Armenia’s Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan, and the proceeds will be donated to the My Step Foundation.
But What Does Corey Taylor Think? 0 Here’s How Slipknot’s Clown is Spending His Time on Lockdown April 22nd, 2020 at 9:51am Vince Neilstein M. Shawn Crahan has been mourning the one-year anniversary of his daughter’s death, building birdhouses and listening to jazz.
Breaking the Law 0 Some Hero is Suing Ticketmaster Over Their Sneaky Refund Policy Change April 21st, 2020 at 12:29pm Vince Neilstein A California man is suing the ticketing giant over “deceptive practices” related to “new, post-hoc policy revisions.”
Coronavirus 0 Cynic’s Paul Masvidal Reveals His Role in Helping COVID-19 Patients April 20th, 2020 at 9:48am Vince Neilstein Masvidal helped invent a device more than 20 years ago that is helping patients on ventilators communicate with hospital staff.
Coronavirus 0 Following a Senator’s Inquiry Request, Ticketmaster Decides They’ll Offer Refunds After All April 18th, 2020 at 12:02pm MetalSucks Surely, the two events are nothing more than coincidental.
New Stuff 0 A Perfect Circle and Periphery Members Team Up On New Song to Benefit Mental Health April 15th, 2020 at 11:05am Vince Neilstein The song comes from the anonymously-led charity rock outfit Till the Days End.
Misadventures in Heavy Metalling 0 Iron Maiden Narrates the Global Pandemic Experience April 13th, 2020 at 2:10pm Rowdy Geirsson Who else could possibly narrate our current predicament as effectively as Iron Maiden?
Coronavirus 0 Healthcare Expert Says Concerts Won’t Return Until “Fall 2021 at the Earliest” April 12th, 2020 at 11:32am MetalSucks “When people say they’re going to reschedule this conference or graduation event for October 2020, I have no idea how they think that’s a plausible possibility.”
Coronavirus 0 D’Addario Turning Drumheads Into Face Shields April 11th, 2020 at 1:21pm MetalSucks The musical instrument strings and accessories company aims to make 100,000 face shields per week.
Cinemetal 0 “Corona” (Limp Bizkit “Rollin'” Parody) April 5th, 2020 at 9:21am MetalSucks “Stay in, don’t go out And wash your hands now Mask up, mask up Coz we’re going into lockdown”
Coronavirus 0 System of a Down’s John Dolmayan Shares Coronavirus Conspiracy Theories April 3rd, 2020 at 10:45am Axl Rosenberg Dolmayan posits that the virus is man-made and has been unleashed for political and economic reasons.
Neilstein Soundscam 0 Metal Bands Ranked by Their Spotify Monthly Listener Counts April 3rd, 2020 at 10:28am Vince Neilstein Welcome back to our monthly column in which we take […]
