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.
Completely Unreadable Band Logo of the Week 0 Completely Unreadable Band Logo of the Week: Win a Grab Bag of Metal Goodies! August 5th, 2020 at 11:42am Axl Rosenberg HINT: The worms are not letters.
New Stuff 0 Metallica Release “Moth Into Flame” S&M² Performance August 5th, 2020 at 11:18am MetalSucks The S&M² boxset comes out at the end of this month.
Coronavirus 0 Jinjer Announce European Mini-Tour for the Fall August 5th, 2020 at 11:10am Axl Rosenberg Jinjer may very well be the first metal band to tour in our post-pandemic world.
Music Dorkery 0 Jamey Jasta Wants to Re-Record the Vocals for Metallica’s Lulu With a Cadre of Metal All-Stars August 5th, 2020 at 10:37am Axl Rosenberg Jasta’s suggested vocalists include Dee Snider, Sebastian Bach, Robb Flynn, and Kirk Windstein.
