New Stuff 0 Periphery Band Members Debut New Project King Mothership August 7th, 2020 at 11:31am MetalSucks The band features Spencer Sotelo, Matt Halpern, and Slaves bassist Tai Wright.
Coronavirus 0 Guns N’ Roses’ “Live and Let Die” Played Before Trump Speech in Ohio August 7th, 2020 at 11:07am Axl Rosenberg Trump and his team continue to offer a masterclass in being gauche.
Coronavirus 0 Watch Metallica Rehearse “Creeping Death” While Under Quarantine August 7th, 2020 at 10:39am Axl Rosenberg So let it be written, so let it be done.
New Stuff 0 System of a Down’s Shavo Odadjian Debuts Music With His New Project, North Kingsley August 7th, 2020 at 10:27am Axl Rosenberg Surprise: it’s hip-hop, not rock.
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.
Shit That Comes Out Today 0 Sh*t That Comes Out Today: August 7, 2020 August 7th, 2020 at 9:00am Jeff Treppel Here’s your guide to all of this week’s heaviest new releases! Includes Avatar, Black Crown Initiate, Steve Von Till, Born Ritual, Terminal Nation, and more!
New Stuff 0 Desolator Enlist Nile’s Karl Sanders for New Song “The Great Law of the Dead” August 6th, 2020 at 4:21pm Axl Rosenberg This is some truly epic shit right here.
New Stuff 0 The Sword Release “Slush’y” Cover of Rush’s “Working Man” August 6th, 2020 at 3:39pm MetalSucks The track is third and final installment in a three-song mini-series, Conquest of Quarantine.
Metal Mitzvah 0 Members of Slayer, Mastodon, Sepultura, Arch Enemy, and More Covering “99 Bottles of Beer” for Charity August 6th, 2020 at 2:47pm Axl Rosenberg All proceeds from the track will go to Old Dog Haven, which describes itself as “a small nonprofit group using a large network of foster homes to provide a loving safe home for abandoned senior dogs.”
New Stuff 0 Listen: Khemmis Cover “Down in a Hole” by Alice in Chains August 6th, 2020 at 2:12pm Axl Rosenberg It’s part of an upcoming AiC tribute album that will also features bands like Thou and -(16)-.
The Webernets 0 Scott Ian Thinks Bands That Use Backing Tracks Should Have to Say So on Their Concert Tickets August 6th, 2020 at 12:55pm Axl Rosenberg Specifically, Ian thinks the ticket should say “70 percent of the show you’re paying 250 dollars for is pre-recorded.”
Cinemetal 0 Bill & Ted Face the Music Release Day Moved Up Four Days; Watch a New Behind-The-Scenes Featurette August 6th, 2020 at 12:47pm Axl Rosenberg The movie will now be released on August 28 instead of September 1.
New Stuff 0 Current and Former Members of Avenged Sevenfold, Alice Cooper, Machine Head and Fozzy Launch New Project, Cover Iron Maiden August 6th, 2020 at 12:26pm Axl Rosenberg It also features the drummer for Three 6 Mafia.
New Stuff 0 Misery Signals Premiere New Song “Sunlifter” August 6th, 2020 at 11:32am MetalSucks The band’s new album, Ultraviolet, comes out tomorrow.
Metal Legacies 0 Did Chimaira Coin the Phrase “New Wave of American Heavy Metal”? August 6th, 2020 at 10:44am Axl Rosenberg Mark Hunter notes that the Ohio band used the phrase on a t-shirt sometime in 2001-2002.
Symphonies of Sickness 0 Matt Heafy Credits M. Shadows With Saving His Voice August 6th, 2020 at 10:17am Axl Rosenberg The Matts have got each other’s backs.
Coronavirus 0 Live Nation Revenue Plummets 98% in Q2 August 6th, 2020 at 9:51am Axl Rosenberg But an overwhelming majority of customers have declined refunds for rescheduled events.
Totally True Memoirs of a Metal Producer 0 Totally True Memoirs of a Metal Producer: Guns N’ Roses’ Chinese Democracy August 5th, 2020 at 2:46pm MetalSucks I told them I’d produce the album for twice my regular fee. They agreed immediately and sent a private Concorde to pick me up because it was faster than driving twenty minutes to Axl’s mansion.
New Stuff 0 Cloudkicker Releases New Version of “Not to Scale or Painted” Featuring Intronaut’s Sacha Dunable August 5th, 2020 at 1:10pm Axl Rosenberg The original iteration of the track was released in 2018.
Coronavirus 0 Steel Panther Have Announced a Pair of Drive-In Shows August 5th, 2020 at 12:40pm Axl Rosenberg They also have a streaming show set for August 16.
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