Coronavirus 0 Lacuna Coil Frontwoman on Bands Surviving the Pandemic: “We Will All Be Changed After This” May 19th, 2020 at 11:02am Vince Neilstein Also: are Lacuna Coil working on new music right now?
Breaking the Law 0 Ghost Vodka Fires Back at Ghost the Band: “Tobias is No Stranger to Litigation” May 18th, 2020 at 10:20am Vince Neilstein Ghost the band has filed a lawsuit against British company Ghost Vodka, and the spirits maker isn’t having any of it.
Coronavirus 0 The German Government Has Given Destruction Financial Aid May 14th, 2020 at 2:11pm Axl Rosenberg “I’m actually happy to say that my government helped us,” says frontman Schmier.
Coronavirus 0 Katatonia Frontman Says He’ll Need to “Get a Real Job” if Touring Stays Shut Down for Too Long May 8th, 2020 at 10:37am Vince Neilstein “In a year’s time if we can go back to touring, I hope we’re still a band.”
Neilstein Soundscam 0 Spotify Now Has 130 Million Paid Subscribers, Still Lost $18 Million Last Quarter May 5th, 2020 at 12:05pm Vince Neilstein The streaming platform has seen a decline in listenership due to COVID-19.
Pummeling Politics 0 Machine Head Frontman: Tax the NFL, Tax Amazon,”Tax All These F*cking Billionaires” May 4th, 2020 at 11:56am Vince Neilstein Robb Flynn sounds off about the failure of the coronavirus federal stimulus program, arguing those funds should have been given directly to taxpayers.
Coronavirus 0 Concerts in Missouri Can Return on Monday May 2nd, 2020 at 11:23pm MetalSucks The state’s governor will allow concerts despite concerns of the continued spread of the coronavirus.
Reviews 0 Album Review: Do Trivium Make it Worth Listening to What the Dead Men Say? April 29th, 2020 at 10:20am Jeff Treppel Trivium try to combine their melodic metalcore side with their commercial radio metal side, and have little success.
New Stuff 0 Evanescence Announce First New Album in Nine Years, Debut First Single April 24th, 2020 at 9:34am Axl Rosenberg The Bitter Truth will be released piecemeal over the course of the year.
Everyone's Replaceable 0 Three-Fourths of Obscura Quit the Band, Launch New Project April 22nd, 2020 at 9:42am Axl Rosenberg The trio’s new band has the very Obscura-esque name “Obsidious.”
Coronavirus 0 L.A. Mayor Says No Concerts or Sports Likely Until 2021 April 15th, 2020 at 5:44pm Vince Neilstein An internal email circulated within the Los Angeles Fire Department quotes the mayor as saying large-scale events were not likely to take place for a year.
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.
Coronavirus 0 Life of Agony’s Mina Caputo Says She’s “Not Buying Into the Fear” Surrounding COVID-19 April 8th, 2020 at 10:47am Axl Rosenberg Caputo thinks the virus was created in a lab. She also believes in chem trails.
Coronavirus 0 Top Booking Agent: “Touring Will Start Back up in Early 2021” April 7th, 2020 at 3:29pm Axl Rosenberg “Too many people are being optimistic about touring [in 2020].”
Editorials 0 Physical Album Sales Plummet, Digital Downloads are Up During Quarantine April 6th, 2020 at 9:49am MetalSucks Streaming numbers are down also.
Black Collar Workers 0 Ticket Scalping Companies Want a Federal Bailout April 1st, 2020 at 2:12pm Vince Neilstein Ticket scalping companies like StubHub, Viagogo, SeatGeek and VividSeats have been hit hard by the coronavirus economic downturn.
Poll 0 Poll: When Will Metal Bands Start Touring Again? March 30th, 2020 at 11:39am Vince Neilstein And once they do, will you feel comfortable attending?
Coronavirus 0 Amazon Stops Accepting Vinyl and CD Shipments March 18th, 2020 at 12:37pm Axl Rosenberg The world’s largest record retailer “are temporarily prioritizing household staples, medical supplies, and other high-demand products.”
Coronavirus 0 Machine Head Cancel Entire European Tour Due to Coronavirus March 11th, 2020 at 3:25pm MetalSucks The biggest metal tour to be canceled so far.
Poll 0 Poll: Which Megadeth Album is Your Favorite? March 9th, 2020 at 3:36pm MetalSucks Is it Super Collider? We bet it’s Super Collider.