Neilstein Soundscam 0 July 2020 Metal Band Rankings by Spotify Monthly Listeners July 1st, 2020 at 10:13am Vince Neilstein Some of the biggest gainers include Poppy, Soilwork, Emmure, Black Crown Initiate, Inter Arma and Primitive Man.
Everyone's Replaceable 0 Homewrecker Give Frontman Matt Barnum the Boot June 23rd, 2020 at 1:05pm Vince Neilstein Barnum was accused by dozens of women, many underage, of sexual misconduct.
Breaking the Law 0 Attila’s Chris Fronzak, Accused of Sexual Misconduct with a Minor, Issues Response June 19th, 2020 at 12:41pm MetalSucks Fronzak says his accuser lied to him about her age before they hooked up.
Pummeling Politics 0 Periphery Guitarist Details How Band Will Survive Pandemic Without Touring Income, Comments on Systemic Racism in U.S. June 18th, 2020 at 11:12am Vince Neilstein Misha Mansoor has long said bands shouldn’t rely solely on touring for income.
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.
New Stuff 0 Devin Townsend Just Released a Whole Album of Ambient Guitar Noodling June 1st, 2020 at 1:56pm Vince Neilstein The most relaxing thing you’ll hear today from a metal musician, no doubt.
Tour de Force 0 Nita Strauss Outlines Socially Distanced Meet and Greets, Talks Importance for Touring Income May 28th, 2020 at 2:57pm Vince Neilstein “People don’t realize how much that helps the tour, the lifeblood of the tour. Touring is so incredibly expensive.”
F-F-F-Feudin' 0 Insane Clown Posse Says Sharon Osbourne Owes Them $50,000 May 27th, 2020 at 2:51pm Axl Rosenberg Osbourne lost a bet to the duo twenty years ago, and has never paid up.
Reunion Mania 0 John Bush Reunites With Anthrax (Sort of Not Really)!!! May 27th, 2020 at 11:07am Axl Rosenberg Watch Bush and Charlie Benante celebrate the anniversary of The Sound of White Noise.
Upcoming Bullsh*t 0 Mastodon Have 20 Demos Recorded for Next Album May 26th, 2020 at 2:53pm Vince Neilstein The band paused writing their next album when the pandemic hit, but they’re gathering in person soon to resume.
Shit That Comes Out Today 0 Sh*t That Comes Out Today: May 22, 2020 May 22nd, 2020 at 9:00am Jeff Treppel Here’s your guide to this week’s heaviest new releases! Includes Old Man Gloom, Hexenbrett, Esoctrilihum, and more!
Pummeling Politics 0 Former For Today Frontman Mattie Montgomery Compares Abortion to the Holocaust; Members of Attila, Emarosa, Hundredth, and Cane Hill Respond May 21st, 2020 at 4:25pm Axl Rosenberg “Woof.” -Chris Fronzak
New Stuff 0 Anthrax’s Charlie Benante and Suicidal Tendencies’s Ra Diaz Cover Billie Eilish’s “bad guy” May 14th, 2020 at 4:09pm Axl Rosenberg “We added some crunch, some funk, some groove,” to the original, says Benante.
Upcoming Bullsh*t 0 Mastodon’s Brent Hinds and High on Fire’s Matt Pike ARE Working on Music Together After All! May 13th, 2020 at 9:30am Vince Neilstein The project also involves Lord Dying bassist (and Pike’s wife) Alyssa Maucere-Pike.
Editorials 0 Does Your Age Define Your Taste in Metal? May 12th, 2020 at 11:47am Vince Neilstein Metal is an inherently young scene. Sooner or later we all have to act our age, even if we don’t mean to.
Metalcal Marijuana 0 Dave Mustaine Thanks Marijuana for Helping with Cancer Treatment May 7th, 2020 at 2:16pm Vince Neilstein The Megadeth frontman says marijuana helped him cope with side effects brought on by treatments for his throat cancer.
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.
New Stuff 0 Here’s a Death Metal Version of “What Is Love” April 30th, 2020 at 3:50pm Axl Rosenberg Would the Roxbury Guys approve?
Classic Concert of the Day 0 Classic Concert of the Day: Metallica at L.C. Walker Arena, Muskegon, Michigan, 1991 April 28th, 2020 at 10:08am Axl Rosenberg This two-and-half-hour show took place less than three months after the release of The Black Album.
Music Premieres 0 Exclusive Premiere: “Find a Way” by Abrams April 23rd, 2020 at 12:22pm MetalSucks RIYL latter-day Mastodon, Baroness, and Torche.
