Election day is only a couple of days away and it's excruciating. For that reason alone, I'm not going to talk about politics at all until this election is done with. It seems things are so contentious right now that having an objective point of view about things causes arguments that aren't even intended, so [...]
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Is it too early to get excited about a tour that doesn't even kick off 'til May? Not when the tour is Enslaved, Keep of Kalessin and Swallow the Sun. Truth be told, I'm not as familiar with KOK (say it aloud for a cheap giggle) as I oughta be, but Vince has been raving [...]
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Seriously, I think I can safely speak for both Vince and myself when I say that Living Colour are one of our top five desert island bands of any genre. Everything about Living Colour rules. We've seen them live a bunch of times, and with one very notable exception, they've killed live each and every [...]
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Cynic guitarist/vocalist Paul Masvidal was one of the chillest metal dudes I've ever met. When I sat down with him at a busy New York City diner as one of many journalists cycling through his busy day of press, he was completely calm, cool, collected and unphased by the relative pandemonium surrounding him. He was [...]
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I love pagan metal precisely because it goes so over the top, flying directly in the face of anything that might be considered anywhere close to cool. Battlelore's new video for "Third Immortal" goes beyond "over the top" to downright ridiculous and laughable, even for pagan metal. But even in their extreme dork-dom, you've gotta [...]
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So after "metalsucks," "metal sucks" and "metalsucks.net," "gaahl gay" is now the most common search phrase bringing people here from search engines. So, uh… You guys will probably think it's a big deal that Gorgoroth frontman Gaahl (né Kristian Espedal) has finally officially spoken on the record about his sexual orientation in a recent interview [...]
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FUCK THIS FUCKING WEEK. Every fucking thing about this fucking week fucking sucks, and I'd say it can't fucking end soon e-fucking-nough, but Friday is Halloween, and if you've ever lived in New York Fucking City, you know that New York on Halloween fucking sucks, because you can't cross Sixth Fucking Avenue because of the [...]
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Just because it's been a minute since the last Funny Photo Caption Contest doesn't mean uncles Axl and Vince forgot about ya; we've just been listening to the new Gojira record so much we simply haven't had the time to peruse through your mostly un-funny captions. But fear not, we're back this week bigger and [...]
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At the risk of sounding melodramatic, some days I do have to stop and ask the big question - "Where the fucking fuck is my fucking life going?" And often, the answer would seem to "nowhere." Then I remember that Vince and I started this totally rad website and all is right with the world. ANYWAY, running [...]
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When you're a melodic death metal band from Finland what you really need are the multi-faceted talents of a producer such as Dan Swanö to bring out all the best elements of your music. Sure, an ability to write and play well are necessities but the proper direction and production can elevate your music from [...]
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Mastodon have announced Crack the Skye as the title of their new album. There's still no release date but the track listing is as follows: 01. Oblivion 02. Divinations 03. Quintessence 04. The Czar I. Usurper II. Escape III. Martyr IV. Spiral 05. Ghost of Karelia 06. Crack The Skye 07. The Last Baron I first read about this story on Blabbermouth. Since they quoted our interview [...]
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I think it's officially safe to say that this crosses the line in terms of having wwwwaaaayyyy too much free time on one's hands… If you have Excel and would like to view this video in all its Microsoftian glory, you can download the original here. Thanks to MetalSucks Maniac Jesse for sending this in. -AR Related posts: FOR THOSE [...]
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File this under "things the world absolutely does not need," right between "Limp Bizkit reunion" and "Sarah Palin presidency;" Billboard reports that apparently Linkin Park have a concept record in the works for their next album. The band will start recording next month, just before their new live album drops around Thanksgiving. Singer Chester Bennington is [...]
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Sasha Horn at Metal Review recently wrote a piece on the three song self-titled EP from unsigned band By Any Means Necessary. Here's the part that caught my attention: "…the rodents have crawled out of their cage, and have learned to conduct some experiments of their own. Specifically, the equation of Exodus divided by Vio-Lence, plus [...]
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Where we falter, you guys are always there to pick us up; MetalSucks Maniac Kevin reminded us of the deleted scene from Ace Ventura in which our hero crowd surfs at a Cannibal Corpse show and goes on stage to sing with the band. Apparently Jim Carrey was a huge CC fan and insisted upon [...]
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Noise rock and the phenomenon known as "grunge" have intertwined histories, with seminal acts like the Melvins and Big Black serving as tremendous influences on many of the latter subgenre's heavyweights. And none weighed more than the ubiquitous Tad Doyle, a behemoth of riffage and physical girth that rocked the fuck out with his band [...]
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It's funny to think that Enslaved's new slab of intricate psychedelic black metal Vertebrae comes out in the U.S. today because we've had it, like, forever, but… apparently Enslaved's new album Vertebrae comes out in the U.S. today. If for some reason you don't have this record yet because you don't have the Internet… oh [...]
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Election day is one week from today. At least one person thinks we should create a Neilstein/Rosenberg ticket for 2012. Any other takers?But for the next four years until said ticket can take shape, we’re forced to choose between one of two men, Barack Obama or John McCain. And in my YouTube trawl to try [...]
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Most of you have probably never heard of Brother Von Doom. I know this because there is absolutely no way a band with such a sweet ass name could have escaped your recognition, and, furthermore, anyone who has heard Relentless would have had to be flapping their mouth to everyone about it. They're straight outta [...]
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I wonder what the Cavaleras think of this? Sepultura have a new album coming… yawn… excuse me… Sepultura have a new… oh, who give a shit? -AR [via Blabbermouth] Related posts: BUT I STILL HATE SARAH PALIN MORE (16) COMPLETELY UNREADABLE BAND LOGO OF THE WEEK, BROUGHT TO YOU BY ROADRUNNER RECORDS - WIN SEPULTURA'S AGAINST & NATION (1) THE CAVALERA CAVALCADE [...]
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