(photo credit: Loren Scott Photography) Given how much we love Animals as Leaders here at MetalSucks it’s kinda hard to believe that we’ve never formally interviewed band mastermind and founder Tosin Abasi, but there you have it — until now. Abasi, who was ranked #2 by MetalSucks on last year’s Top Modern Metal Guitarists list, is [...]
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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW (+ TRACK SNIPPET PREMIERE!): TOSIN ABASI OF T.R.A.M. AND ANIMALS AS LEADERS
LOCK UP YOUR SOCIALLY AWKWARD ADOLESCENTS: MARILYN MANSON IS BACK
Marilyn Manson is a pretentious douche chill. I don’t deny this, have never denied this, and yet… I do consider myself a fan. The truth is, the guy makes catchy, industrialized pop metal — like Nine Inch Nails without all the genius baggage. The only album he’s ever made that I really out and out [...]
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PHOTOS: IN FLAMES, TRIVIUM, VEIL OF MAYA, AND KYNG AT THE REGENCY BALLROOM IN SAN FRANCISCO, FEBRUARY 6, 2012
Holy shit, is that picture that MetalSucks photographic genius Miikka Skaffari took of Veil of Maya’s Marc Okubo during a recent San Francisco concert with In Flames, Trivium, and Kyng amazing or what? It looks like Okubo is floating in mid-air! FUCKING EPIC. And it’s just one of fifty-five incredible shots Miikka captured for us at the [...]
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INCH SCRAPER: HARDCORE 7″ REVIEWS OF SUCKED DRY, TRUTH INSIDE, AND YOUTH AVOIDERS
Musically, the tire treads on the straight-edge-youth-crew mobile are admittedly a bit thin these days. Worse still, dogmatic self-seriousness casts an ever-conservative pallor over even the good stuff. So the cheery cartoon art adorning Truth Inside‘s Best Times (Bottled Up Records) ran counter to my expectations. The content is overwhelmingly positive, with good vibes, PMA, [...]
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FINALLY! INTO ETERNITY’S “FUKUSHIMA” HAS ARRIVED!
Into Eternity have been teasing their new single, “Fukushima,” for a month now, and the song is finally here, and sheesh I am so deprived of Into Eternity that I am this excited for a single song. Not even a full album. Just one song. ANYWAY, the song is really good! Tim Roth is shredding his [...]
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WATCH THIS NOW: T.V. NEWS REPORT ON EX-DECAPITATED VOCALIST COVAN’S CURRENT STATE OF HEALTH
I don’t have to tell you about Decapitated’s tragic 2007 van accident, which left drummer Witold “Vitek” Kiełtyka dead and vocalist Adrian “Covan” Kowanek in a coma. But it seems like news regarding Covan’s health — if there even really was any such news — has been slow to trickle out to the public in the years [...]
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SHITSTAIN ON THE ASS OF THE UNIVERSE #23: CAPTURE THE CROWN
When your shitty crabcore band indulges in every video cliche known to man, you’re sure to get lots of little tweeny metal girls all hot n’ bothered in their privates like Capture the Crown do. So, this is what Sergeant D meant by Formulaicore? About the only thing missing from Capture the Crown’s video for [...]
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IRON MAIDEN ANNOUNCE MAIDEN ENGLAND NORTH AMERICAN TOUR
If, like me, you were bummed to find Iron Maiden playing too much latter-day material on their last North American tour, you’ll be stoked to know that, according to vocalist Bruce Dickinson, the band’s “intention is to play about two thirds of the original track list of Maiden England” on their just-announced new trek. And since [...]
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DETHKLOK’S BRENDON SMALL HAS A NEW SIDE PROJECT: GALAKTIKON!
(click to enlarge) That Dethklok mastermind Brendon Small has been working on a solo side project for some time now isn’t exactly a secret — he’s mentioned it publicly a few times, teasing it in an interview with us last summer and an interview with Metal Injection back in April of 2010 — but until now [...]
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LISTEN TO PALLBEARER’S SORROW AND EXTINCTION, SEE IF YOUR FACE GETS FUCKED OFF
Sorrow and Extinction, the new album from Pallbearer, has been arrives next week with a lot of hype — some of it even generated right here on MetalSucks, where our own Grim Kim promised that the album would fuck your face off. I didn’t even hear it for the first time until this past weekend, [...]
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WANT TO HEAR PANTERA’S “MOUTH FOR WAR” PLAYED [ALMOST] ENTIRELY ON CELLOS?
Pantera aren’t one of the first bands I’d necessarily point to in the whole “metal is basically modern classical music” debate, but the Portland Cello Project begs to differ: PCP believe that the angst of Pantera is something not so distant from some of their favorite composers, including early period Beethoven, Khachaturian, Shostakovich, etc. To flesh out this [...]
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TORCHE ARE ALIVE AND “KICKING” WITH NEW SONG
“Stoner pop” quartet Torche have a new record coming out in April via new label home Volcom, and hard as it is to believe it’s their first full-length since 2008′s infectious Meanderthal turned the metal world over onto its happy head. Hydra Head released the Songs for Singles EP in 2010, originally recorded as a full [...]
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“8/16″: THE NEW HELMS ALEE VIDEO IS AN AWESOME, HILARIOUS RECREATION OF FAMOUS CLIPS FROM THE LATE 80s/EARLY 90s
Okay, so I was working on a new “Cinemetal Round-Up,” and I’m sitting here watching Helms Alee’s new video, “8/16,” and… it’s friggin’ good I just HAD to give it its own post. Basically, the clip sees the band doing incredibly spot-on, and therefore totally hilarious, recreations of a lot of famous videos and video-related-programs [...]
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WHAT IS THE HUMAN ABSTRACT’S SECRET VIDEO PROJECT?
Well, this is interesting. The Human Abstract posted the below message on their Facebook page yesterday: “Attention all video editors. If you have some free time to work on a THA project, please comment below and you will be contacted with more information. Thaaaanks!” Which, following the recent denial of their alleged break-up from guitarist [...]
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GOROD LET FLY THE “BIRDS OF SULFUR”
Just a couple of weeks ago, we got word that Gorod’s A Perfect Absolution – their first full-length in three years — would finally see the light of day this March. Now the band has released a new song from that offering. It’s called “Birds of Sulfur,” and it does not disappoint. Vince recently called [...]
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COMPLETELY UNREADABLE BAND LOGO OF THE WEEK: WIN FIVE CDs FROM THE METALSUCKS MANSION ARCHIVES!
Congrats to readers Anthony Gonzalez, Derek Blankenship, and Tracy Peach. They each correctly identified last week’s logo as belonging to the band Bohemian Grave — not ”Bohemian Grove,” as many of you guessed — and for their troubles, Anthony, Derek, and Tracy each win a CD copy of Die Wege Der Lust, the new full-length from Mexican goregrinders Rottenness. Enjoy [...]
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NEW GENRE ALERT: FORMULAICORE
As you may know, I am a big fan of “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” Critics may cry foul, but the simple fact of that matter is that originality is highly overrated. Who wants a car with two steering wheels, pants with three legs, or bands who color outside the lines?? Not this [...]
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JEFF HUGHELL WAS DRILLED IN THE BRAIN, ENDED UP SIX FEET UNDER
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Six Feet Under needed a new bass player ’cause Matt DeVries is in Fear Factory now, so they called up Jeff Hughell, who used to be in Brain Drill and Vile. And this should make you happy for two reasons: Brain Drill! Motherfucker literally has the word “hell” in his name, so you know he’s [...]
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HELP GHOUL BUY A NEW VAN (OR AT LEAST WATCH THIS SHORT FILM ABOUT GHOUL BUYING A NEW VAN)
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Few things are more important to the life of a touring metal band than a good van. I’m being completely serious. This is a cause of, like, such magnitude that it should have its own annual benefit show, like Farm Aid or Jerry’s Kids or Ozzfest. These vehicles are usually old pieces of shit that break down [...]
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BEST VIDEO EVER OF THE WEEK: METSATÖLL’S UNDERWATER JOURNEY
Here’s what I really want to know about “Küü,” the new video by Estonian folk metal band Metsatöll: did these dudes ruin perfectly good musical instruments by playing them underwater for this video shoot??? That they did in fact film this underwater instead of CGIing that shit seems pretty apparent; look at the way their hair [...]
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