Periphery Guitarist Posts Playthrough for “Sentient Glow”

Periphery guitarist Mark Holcomb has posted a playthrough video for the band’s track “Sentient Glow,” which appears on their most recent album, Periphery IV: Hail Stan. The playthrough was shot at the Seymour Duncan pickups factory in Santa Barbara, CA — Holcomb promises that it was filmed in a safe, socially distanced manner — and that element of the...

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Deftones, Gojira, and Poppy Reschedule Tour for 2021

The Deftones, Gojira, and Poppy have released the new dates for their big summer 2020 tour, which will now be a big summer 2021 tour (er, maybe). Fans who can’t make the new dates “will receive an email directly allowing you to request a refund.” Here’s the 2021 itinerary (via The PRP): 08/12 Minneapolis, MN – The Armory08/14 Milwaukee,...

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Completely Unreadable Band Logo of the Week: Win a Grab Bag of Metal Goodies!

Congrats to reader Michael Dias! Michael correctly identified last week’s logo as belonging to the band Bloodscribe, and thus wins a grab bag full of goodies from the MetalSucks Mansion Archives. Mazel tov, Michael! But don’t be too sad if you lost, ’cause this week I have another killer grab bag of metal goodies to give away! What’s in it, you...

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Lee Ving Is Alive, Covers Fear With Members of Anthrax and Nuclear Assault

All these famous musicians, like The Rolling Stones and Neil Young, keep telling Donald Trump that he can’t use their music at his rallies. But I wonder if he’s attempted to use Fear’s “I Don’t Care About You” as his new anthem? Not that I think Lee Ving and company would be pro-Trump. But I bet he could outspend them on lawyers at least. And truly,...

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Exclusive Premiere: Proggy Black Metal Collective Drouth Unveil New Single, “An Apiarist”

My first listen of “An Apiarist,” the latest single from Drouth — which MetalSucks is beyond stoked to premiere today — reminds me a whole lot of the first time I heard Krallice. Not because Drouth sound like Krallice (other than having elements of black metal in their music), but because the band’s music is full of twists and turns that are all part...

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Metallica Fan Club, Ibanez Guitars, Victory Records and More Also Received Government Pandemic Assistance Ranging $150,000 to $5 million

Using newly released information from the U.S. government’s Small Business Administration, MetalSucks yesterday published a report detailing funds that a number of notable metal and rock acts received via the Paycheck Protection Program, the $660 billion government payments intended to keep small businesses afloat amidst the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic....

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Video: 35 Musicians From Around the World Mash-Up Guns N’ Roses and Stevie Wonder for Charity

Y’know what’s even better than a fun mash-up created from pre-existing recordings of classic songs? A fun mash-up created by real live musicians. And y’know what even BETTERER than a fun mash-up created by real live musicians? A a fun mash-up created by real live musicians to benefit charity! Enter Leo Playa, a London-based session guitarist....

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Exclusive Album Premiere: SpiritWorld’s Pagan Rhythms

Art by Stu Folsom The title track that opens SpiritWorld’s new album, Pagan Rhythms, begins with a sample of some d-bag preaching about how “rock n’ roll music” has “turned our nation into a pagan society.” Well, Christ help that poor bastard if he hears this record. The brainchild of of Las Vegas-based artist, author, songwriter,...

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Suicide Silence Release “Disengage” Performance From Virtual World Tour

Still not sold on Suicide Silence’s virtual world tour, despite Vince assuring you that it is, in fact, totally rad? Well, maybe this will help: the band has released video of their “Disengage” performance from the tour’s London show, which took place this past Monday, July 6. It more-than-ably demonstrates just how much effort the band is putting into...

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Satyricon Vocalist Sold His Wine Business for $5.4 Million

Know how we’re always saying that metal musicians shouldn’t rely on their bands as their sole source of income because even “successful” bands are not nearly as successful as they seem? Well, if you didn’t wanna hear it from Periphery’s Misha Mansoor, who’s been preaching the subject for years, take it from someone decidedly more tr00/cvlt: Satryicon...

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