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Heavy metalist /jazz guitarist Alex Skolnick pens his blog live and from the road on all things rock, wisdom, guitar, jazz, metal and more.

MetalSucks recently polled its staff to determine who are The Top 25 Modern Metal Guitarists, and after an incredible amount of arguing, name calling, and physical violence, we have finalized that list! The only requirements to be eligible for the list we

Before there were blogs there were these things called magazines, and the only metal magazine we still get excited about reading every month is Decibel. Here’s managing editor Andrew Bonazelli… One would think that, since our meaningless existence i

We had tons of fun sorting through all the entries for our Amon Amarth Viking Beard Contest. A lot of you did quite an impressive job growing your beards, leg and pit hair, while a lot of you… well, uh, let’s just say we’ll still give yo

THE KEN MODE TOUR EDITION – PART 1 The overlords here at MetalSucks have on at least a couple of occasions referred to me as the Bravest Man in Metal. Not because I sit around in a fur-lined loincloth in a metal-themed man-cave (pictured above) chewing th

We featured Swedish djent outfit Vildhjarta in an “Unsigned and Unholy” column just this past January, but guess what? The term don’t apply to them no’ mo’, ’cause they just signed a deal with Century Media. There&#8217

Our number one homie Justin Foley is currently doing a mini-tour with his band, The Austerity Program, and graciously offered to do a tour blog for us. We can never say “no” to Justin and wouldn’t much want to anyway, so we agreed! You c

Every Friday I turn the blog over to Dan Marsicano for his Retro Recommendation, giving you a chance to learn about underrated and overlooked gems from metal's past.  This week, Fear Factory is in the spotlight....Read Full Post

In addition to being the frontman of a successful death metal band, Hate Eternal's Erik Rutan is also in high demand for his production skills. He's produced and/or mixed CDs from a plethora of metal artists ranging from Cannibal Corpse to Nile to Si

Hell is considered to have NWOBHM elements, but they were a band that just missed out on that scene, and they ultimately missed out on the '80s thrash scene as well. At that time, labels were looking for glam and hard rock acts to sign, and Hell just

5 Questions With... is your chance to get to know a new or up-and-coming metal band. Finnr's Cane are an atmospheric black metal trio from Canada that has a cellist instead of a bassist. Their debut CD is Wanderlust. Vocalist/guitarist The Bard introdu

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Novembers Doom is one of the staples of doom metal, yet their sound has evolved over the years to the point where it's tough to categorize them in such a general sense. The band has brought in influences spanning from death metal to progressive metal,

UK stoner metal band XII Boar has posted their debut CD, "XII," online for free download . If you'd like to hear it first, try the band's bandcamp page

Providence, Rhode Island duo The Body is preparing to wage war on the East Coast once again this June, this time bearing opening and collaborative support from their hometown allies in The Assembly Of Light Choir. The currently announced dates are as foll

BrooklynVegan.com is currently streaming Vastum's entire debut release "Carnal Law" online.

Revolver Magazine’s MetalKult has just posted the second half of In Solitude’s brand new album "The World. The Flesh. The Devil." online

Earth Crisis has announced the new album "Neutralize the Threat" is set for a July 12th release date. The band also teamed with artist Ryan Clark to create the artwork, which can be viewed below. Ryan had the following to say: "Earth Crisis was a seminal

Century Media Records has issued the following announcement about inking a deal with Swedish act Vildhjarta: "It is with great pleasure that Century Media announces the worldwide signing of Swedish progenitors, Vildhjarta! One of the most respected bands

British progressive rock act Porcupine Tree have announced that it will be re-releasing its latest concert DVD "Anesthetize" on June 21, 2011 as a special 4LP boxset. The new set will contain 20-tracks spread across four LP discs featuring separ

Sweden metal act DeathDestruction has posted its new music video online. The video was shot for the track "Fuck Yeah" and can be viewed in the player below. Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

Some new live Rush live footage has made its way online. The video features the band performing its track "Freewill" during its May 16, 2011 tour stop at the Motorpoint Arena in Sheffield, England. You can view the footage in the player below.

A new video interview has been posted online that features Between the Buried and Me vocalist Tommy Rogers and guitarist Paul Waggoner. You can view the interview in the player below. Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

September Murder have posted the following statement online announcing the departure of bassist Guntar Elsaser from the group. "This development is neither a result of arguments nor of other discrepancies, but of Guntar's lack of time and possi

UK stoner metal band XII Boar has posted their debut CD, "XII," online for free download. If you'd like to hear it first, try the band's bandcamp page. The band recently released a music video for their song "Train Wreck," wh

The limited-edition recently released, Incesticide on clear vinyl can now be yours! Together with ORG Music we are giving three lucky winners in the US a free copy of the album. The vinyl is re ...

In light of the recent Miley Cyrus cover of Smells Like Teen Spirit, Rolling Stone put together a list of the most surprising and unlikely pairings of today's best-selling artists with the clas ...

Interesting video from YouTube: check it out here. Thanks to Pawel. ...

Gillian G. Gaar wrote a great article for Blurt which, among other things, covers the recently unveiled Cobain-inspired statue in Aberdeen and the new Nirvana exhibit at the EMP. Amazing article in tw ...

The domain nirvana.com is finally online for the first time ever. The official Nirvana website currently only offers a newsletter sign-up form and a link to the official Facebook page for the band. Ap ...

It’s something of a mystery to us why we’ve not written more about how megaton-level awesome Narrows are – especially given how their line-up boasts ex- and current members of bands such as Botch, These Arms Are Snakes, and Tropics (amon

Ingested The Surreption Siege Of Amida 6 June 2011 by Tom Dare If this was 2008, Ingested’s second album The Surreption would be a sign that British death metal was on the rise once again, and that these twisted bastards were one of the forerunners.

There are only a mere handful of bands that we never fail to see when they play live in London, and in case that bloody great big promo photo up above isn’t enough of a clue, Bastions are one of them. Seeing as this was the band’s final last j

We talk to Andrew W.K. about Anne Hathaway as Catwoman in the new Batman movie, The Dark Knight Rises as well as Westerns, Facebook vs Twitter and LA. (BAD LA!)

Will Haven will release their fifth album, Voir Dire in autumn 2011. They're about to write their sixth with their bassist head off on tour with Slipknot...

Still Remains played a reunion show in March and then announced their reformation earlier in May. We get the scoop off guitarist Jordan Whelan. Intriguing!

Parkway Drive join Kylie Minogue, Men At Work and Toadfish from Neighbours* in having a gold record in their native country. (*Toadfish doesn’t have a gold record. Or at least we’re pretty sure he doesn’t.) Get tickets for this year&#821

Hear ‘Empire’ from forthcoming album ‘Leveler’ out on June 20. (more…)

Cazzie Mayorga, the wife of Stone Sour drummer Roy Mayorga, has released the first photo of her husband taken after he suffered a stroke following a gig in Des Moines, Iowa earlier this week. (more…)

Today is your last chance to vote in this year’s Golden Gods so if you don’t want to harp on like a whiny little bitch when the results are announced on June 13th, we suggest you get your vote on here!

Former Stone Temple Pilots/Velvet Revolver frontman Scott Weiland’s shocking autobiography includes this horrifying revelation. (more…)

The Swedish power house return! (more…)

NGNRNOGNR just posted that Tommy interview here, but later I guess. Maybe he got it from your site 

I wonder if Lars never sees videos like this.  You can't say the guy never changes his mind about past decisions.

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