Reviews 200 ISIS RETURN WITH CONFUSING RESULTS ON “WAVERING RADIANT” April 2nd, 2009 at 1:00pm Sammy O'Hagar The stuttering riff that opens both “Hall of the Dead” […]
Interviews 280 WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM DRUMMER AARON WEAVER ON BLACK METAL AS PROTEST MUSIC, WHY SCION IS SATANIC, AND THE GIANT WOLF CHASING THE SUN March 19th, 2009 at 1:00pm Satan Rosenbloom Eight hours straight of phone interviews is nobody’s idea of […]
Hair Metal Happy Hour 80 A NEW SUPERGROUP YOU CAN ONLY SEE AT… THE CIRCUS? February 27th, 2009 at 10:00am Axl Rosenberg First Maynard, now this. Look: I fucking love Vegas. I […]
Br00tal-lists 160 MAD DOG WINGERSCHMIDT’S TOP TEN ALBUMS OF 2008 December 15th, 2008 at 3:00pm Kip Wingerschmidt In my admittedly arrogant opinion, this was a year of […]
Br00tal-lists 210 SCRAPING GENIUS OFF THE YEAR: GARY SUAREZ’S TOP TEN ALBUMS OF 2008 December 15th, 2008 at 11:00am Gary Suarez Well, it’s sure been a nifty four months or so […]
Reviews 80 THE BRONX: MUCH MORE THAN THE POOR MAN’S EVERY TIME I DIE November 11th, 2008 at 11:28am Sammy O'Hagar I caught The Bronx live two years ago opening for […]
Reviews 240 BROTHER VON DOOM’S RELENTLESS IS A DAMN FINE DEBUT October 28th, 2008 at 2:00pm MetalSucks Most of you have probably never heard of Brother Von […]
Reviews 310 Slipknot’s All Hope Is Gone: Another Step in a New Direction August 25th, 2008 at 12:05pm Axl Rosenberg Let the haters hate: Slipknot are a good band, and, […]
Reviews 80 SCARS ON BROADWAY DO BETTER THAN THEIR SH*TTY, SH*TTY BAND NAME MAY SUGGEST August 7th, 2008 at 2:18pm Sammy O'Hagar I know the phrase “guilty pleasure” gets thrown around a […]
Reviews 40 DISGORGE MEXICO: A SUMMER GLASS OF GRIND FROM F*CK THE FACTS July 21st, 2008 at 12:25pm MetalSucks Welcome to Grind Aficionado, for the connoisseur with taste for […]
...And F*ck You Too 8790 The Top 39 Annoying Things That (Local) Bands Do June 17th, 2008 at 3:52pm Vince Neilstein I’m sure a good portion of our readership are in […]
Cinemetal 40 LIVING COLOUR, “MIDDLE MAN,” LIVE IN ROTTERDAM 1988 April 18th, 2008 at 11:15am Vince Neilstein Living Colour is an awesome band, and all things considered […]
Sunday Spotlight 160 SUNDAY SPOTLIGHT: DON’T YOU THINK THE MARS VOLTA DESERVES YOUR LOVE AND SUPPORT? January 27th, 2008 at 2:02pm Kip Wingerschmidt I mean, really — come on. There is no other […]
Cinemetal 160 APPARENTLY EVERLAST IS STILL AROUND January 9th, 2008 at 5:23pm Vince Neilstein Ten years and a few dozen pounds after ceasing to […]
Editorials 60 WINGERSCHMIDT’S LISTS OF FURY (BEST ALBUMS OF 2007) December 12th, 2007 at 12:50pm Kip Wingerschmidt First off, I have to agree with Vince that this […]
Editorials 280 TOP TEN (REALLY ELEVEN) ALBUMS OF 2007 – AXL ROSENBERG’S PICKS December 10th, 2007 at 3:52pm Axl Rosenberg There’s really no unifying theme for my “Best Of” list […]
Editorials 210 HERE ARE THE METAL-RELATED NOMINEES FOR SOME AWARD NO ONE IN HIS OR HER RIGHT MIND SHOULD GIVE A FLYING F*CK ABOUT December 7th, 2007 at 3:19pm Axl Rosenberg More succinctly, the MetalSucks-relevant Grammy nominees are… Best Metal Performance: […]
Black Collar Workers 1,1430 QOTSA’S JOSH HOMME RAILS ON HIS RECORD LABEL: “INTERSCOPE SUCKS MY DICK” December 4th, 2007 at 1:55pm Vince Neilstein Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme, never one […]
Reviews 90 DOWN III: OVER THE UNDER IS AN HONEST SNAPSHOT OF BATTLE-WORN BAND AT THEIR BEST October 23rd, 2007 at 12:33pm Vince Neilstein It’s hard not to like Down. Aside from having members […]
Editorials 1 HOW TO SLAY A DRAGON IF YOU’RE INTO… June 29th, 2007 at 1:30pm Axl Rosenberg …INDUSTRIAL METAL The protagonist arrives wearing greasy overcoat, makes an […]