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- Highride to release new album ‘Excellence & Decadence’ on May 29th
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- Phil Labonte Compares Metallica to Nickelback, Axl Rose vs. Steve Mnuchin, and More Stories You May Have Missed This Week
The MetalSucks Playlist — Week of May 4 – May 8, 2020 Did you miss some of this week’s top stories in the world of metal? Catch up below: Phil Labonte compared Metallica to Nickelback, causing the Internet to lose its shit.Guns N’ Roses singer Axl Rose got into a Twitter fight with U.S. Treasury […]
- Ex-GREAT WHITE Vocalist TERRY ILOUS Pays Tribute To Former BAD COMPANY Singer BRIAN HOWE
Former GREAT WHITE frontman Terry Ilous has paid tribute to ex-BAD COMPANY singer Brian Howe, who died earlier this week at the age of 66. Howe passed away Wednesday (May 6) at his home in Florida after suffering cardiac arrest. On Friday (May 8), Ilous took to his Instagram to share a video of him […]
- Freddie Mercury’s Rare Video With Roger Taylor’s Ex-Wife Exposed
One of the famous Freddie Mercury fan pages on social media, Mercury My Love, posted a really rare video of the late Queen legend and Roger Taylor’s ex-wife, Dominique Taylor, on Instagram today. As you will watch the golden-worth video material right below, Freddie seems really happy hanging with Dominique and her lovely baby Rory at […]
- Ozzy Osbourne Says ‘I Hate This Show’ While Sharon Osbourne Says ‘I Could Watch It All Day’
The legendary Black Sabbath star Ozzy Osbourne and his lovely wife Sharon Osbourne posted recent tweets on their official social media account and revealed their thoughts on famous TLC production: ‘Sandra Lee Show a.k.a Dr. Pimple Popper.’ The spouses can disagree on different things frequently, and the Osbourne family is not an exception to this […]
- Iron Maiden Shares An Official Postponement Announcement About Upcoming Tour
Legendary metal band Iron Maiden made a new official COVID-19 announcement on their Facebook account and saddened the community with the statement. As you might remember, Iron Maiden postponed their Oceanic tours in March, and Japan tour in April 2020 due to the coronavirus outbreak. Also, they stated that the fans should hold on to […]
- Jimmy Page Remembers The Important Milestone Of Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin guitarist and mastermind Jimmy Page has posted a new ‘on this day’ post on his Instagram account and remembered the day that changed everything for Led Zep. Led Zeppelin has a recording company named ‘Swan Song,’ which was formed by band members in 1974 after the help of the Atlantic Records’ founder, Ahmet Ertegun. […]
- AC/DC’s BRIAN JOHNSON Records Video Message For Italian Fans: ‘I Just Hope Very Soon We’ll Be Able To See You All Again’
AC/DC singer Brian Johnson has recorded a video message of support for the Italian fan site AC/DC Italia during the coronavirus pandemic. In the two-and-a-half-minute clip, which can be seen below, Johnson states: “Listen, I know you’ve been through a real bad time and you’re starting to slowly come out of it. But I feel […]
- Listen To BUMBLEFOOT’s Entire ‘Barefoot 2’ Acoustic EP Of Cover Songs
Former GUNS N’ ROSES and current SONS OF APOLLO guitarist Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal has just released a new acoustic EP of cover songs, “Barefoot 2”. Thal says: “In 2008 I released the first ‘Barefoot’ acoustic EP, a collection of Bumblefoot songs played as stripped-down acoustic versions. It’s a pleasure to now release ‘Barefoot 2’, acoustic […]
- Rammstein Cancel Summer 2020 European Tour Plans
But the band is looking into rescheduling. Continue reading…
- Adam Bomb shares his incredible story of how he got his tour van back from Europe to the US
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- EVANESCENCE’s New Album, ‘The Bitter Truth’, Will Arrive This Year, Says AMY LEE
EVANESCENCE singer Amy Lee says that the band’s long-awaited new album, “The Bitter Truth”, will arrive this year. The disc’s first single, “Wasted On You”, came out last month and is the first in a series of songs that the band will make available from “The Bitter Truth” incrementally, culminating in the release of the […]
- Static-X’s Xer0: Wayne’s Family Has Made Tour Incredibly Personal
The masked vocalist discusses his role in the reunion lineup and the forthcoming 'Project Regeneration' album. Continue reading…
- Whitesnake’s David Coverdale Announces His ‘Lockdown Surprise’ With A New Video Message
Whitesnake icon David Coverdale appeared on the official Instagram account of the band and saddened the fans with his waken face just for a moment. In the video, you can see that David Coverdale is looking exhausted. Fortunately, he was fine and seemed like he just awakened even though it was the middle of the day. […]
- MATT SORUM Is Still ‘Very Upset’ CHRIS CORNELL, CHESTER BENNINGTON And SCOTT WEILAND Are No Longer With Us
As a member of GUNS N’ ROSES, Matt Sorum lived a well-documented rock and roll lifestyle that included heavy drinking and drug use. In a brand new interview with the “Appetite For Distortion” podcast, the drummer reflected on his past life on the edge, saying (hear audio below): “At that particular time of our lives, […]
- Pearl Jam Icon Eddie Vedder’s Wife Stuns Fans With The Messy Part Of Their Home
Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder’s wife, Jill Vedder, unveiled the messy garage of their home on Instagram and showed how she is spending her free time during the coronavirus outbreak. As you can see in the picture below, Jill was hanging out with her daughters, Olivia and Harper, and seemed like they did a dance […]
- Live Nation CEO Outlines Plans to Reopen Concert Business
Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino hosted a call with the company’s investors to outline its first-quarter earnings on Thursday, May 7, and as expected he fielded a ton of questions about when and how he saw the concert business reopening, in addition to inquiries about the company’s financial health. Rapino rolled out a figure indicating […]
- Nasty Ratz unveil video for cover of Citron’s “Už Couvám” with Czech lyrics
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- Metallica’s Lars Ulrich Gets Emotional While Writing An Emotional Letter To His Son
The mastermind of Metallica, drummer Lars Ulrich, has posted a heartwarming photo on his Instagram account which is featuring a happy pose with his son, Layne. Layne Ulrich is celebrating his 19th birthday today, and the first public celebration came from his father, Lars. In the caption area of the post, Lars Ulrich has penned […]
- Today in Rock History – May 8
1965, Shooting of the promotional film for Bob Dylan’s “Subterranean Homesick Blues” took place at the side of the Savoy Hotel in London. Actors in the background were Allen Ginsberg and Bob Neuwirth. The cards that Dylan held up to the camera were painted by Alan Price and Joan Baez. 1966, Pink Floyd appeared at […]
- WHITESNAKE’s DAVID COVERDALE: ‘I’m So Follicly Blessed, It’s Not Even Funny’
In a recent interview with Glenn Ong, a Singaporean DJ at SPH Radio’s One FM 91.3, a Singapore English radio station, WHITESNAKE frontman David Coverdale was asked about the “secret” to his “beautiful hair.” The 68-year-old singer responded (hear audio below): “Oh, God. I’m so follicly blessed, it’s not even funny. Last year, my assistant […]
- Taylor Momsen Deleted All Instagram Photos But Thrilled Fans With A New Announcement
Pretty Reckless’ bombshell singer Taylor Momsen has made a new announcement on her social media account after her controversial decision. As you can remember, Taylor has deleted all photos and materials on her Instagram account four days ago but left just one photo which is all black and nothing. The fans confused, and they wondered […]
- Former Van Halen Singer Sammy Hagar’s Unseen Onstage Photos Unearthed By Metallica Photographer
One of the most talented and famous photographers of the rock and metal community, Ross Halfin, did it again and unearthed a bunch of unseen pictures of Van Halen legend Sammy Hagar. While Ross is reminding the story of his career, he also revealed the artistic side of Sammy by stating that one of the […]
- Michael Jackson’s Daughter Paris Criticizes The People With A Huge Ego
Michael Jackson’s lovely daughter and 3.5 million followed Instagram phenomenon, Paris Jackson, shared a recent photo on her verified page and took fans’ attention to people’s laxness about our ecosystem. Paris just used a smiling emoji on the caption of the post, despite writing a long description to share her feelings. This meaningful post got […]
- SYMPHONY X Is ‘Ready To Start Writing’ A New Album
SYMPHONY X bassist Mike LePond was asked in a new interview with Metal Nation if there are any plans for him and his bandmates to begin writing material for the follow-up to their 2015 album “Underworld”. He responded (see video below): “Well, what we decided is as soon as the virus thing kind of slows […]
- PANTERA’s ‘Social Distancing’ T-Shirt Raises $100,000 For MusiCares COVID-19 Relief Fund
PANTERA’s recently released limited-edition social distancing t-shirt has raised approximately $100,000 for the MusiCares COVID-19 Relief Fund. 40 percent of the net proceeds generated from the purchase of the shirt — which takes the classic image from PANTERA’s “Vulgar Display Of Power” album and adds personal protective equipment (PPE) to the artwork, as well as […]
- SHINEDOWN’s Summer Tour Is Still ‘A Go,’ Says BRENT SMITH: ‘We Are Not Afraid To Play For You’
Brent Smith says that the rescheduled dates for SHINEDOWN’s “Deep Dive Tour”, during which the band will play “b-sides, deep cuts, plus the singles you know and love,” are still “a go” for this summer. Originally slated to take place in April and May, the trek was postponed due to the global coronavirus pandemic, and […]
- NICKELBACK Drummer Undergoes Surgery For Radial Tunnel Syndrome
NICKELBACK drummer Daniel Adair is recovering from a recent surgery for radial tunnel syndrome. Adair, who has played with NICKELBACK for 15 years, revealed the condition — in which the radial nerve is pinched when passing through a tunnel near the elbow — in a social media post earlier today. He wrote: “I’ve been off […]
- David Ellefson Does Metal Version of Post Malone’s ‘Over Now’
For the upcoming Ellefson album. Continue reading…
- Machine Head’s Robb Flynn: “I’m 99% Certain I Had the Coronavirus”
While Machine Head were celebrating the 25th anniversary of Burn My Eyes on the road in North America earlier this year, the coronavirus was flaring up in China and beginning to make inroads into Europe. While the infection allegedly hadn’t yet spread to America at that point, new research shows that it had already been […]
- Sales of Musical Instruments and Gear Spike During Coronavirus Lockdown
Large parts of the world remain locked down with businesses forced to close and record levels of unemployment, with the music industry being particularly hard hit. But at least one segment of our little world is doing well: musical instruments and gear. With folks isolated at home, record numbers are turning to their musical hobbies […]
- Tommy Lee’s Wife Brittany Mocks Elon Musk’s Controversial Decision
Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee’s wife and beautiful social media phenomenon, Brittany Furlan Lee, showed off her new hairstyle on Instagram and mocked famous businessman and CEO of Tesla, Elon Musk in a bizarre way. As you can see in the video, Brittany appeared with her short blue hair, and it was fading to the […]
- Dream Theater Icon Mike Portnoy Shows How He Started Playing Drums At 4 Years Old
Former Dream Theater and current Sons Of Apollo drummer, Mike Portnoy, has posted a new photo on his Instagram account and showed off the priceless picture from his childhood. As you might already know, Mike Portnoy has a supergroup named ‘BPMD’ which is featuring Exodus singer Bobby Blitz, Machine Head guitarist Phil Demel, and Mark […]
- Whitesnake unleash video for “Give Me All Your Love” from compilation album ‘The Rock Album’
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- Bon Jovi Is About To Make A Special Collaboration For Mother’s Day
One of the iconic bands in the rock community, Bon Jovi, announced their brand new project on Instagram and excited the followers with this news. In the caption of the post, Bon Jovi stated that they would share Bon Jovi’s full and uncut Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2018 induction, and are planning to […]
- Evanescence’s Amy Lee Reveals Highly-Wondered Truth About Her Future Career
Evanescence’s lovely star and one of the most-talented female vocals of this era, Amy Lee, was recently interviewed by United Kingdom’s Rock Sound and revealed the untold details about the band’s upcoming album. As you might already know that the title of the new album was defined as ‘The Bitter Sweet’ and fans are dying […]
- SEPULTURA’s ELOY CASAGRANDE On ANDRÉ MATOS: ‘He Was The First Guy That Gave Me The Opportunity To Be A Professional Musician’
During this week’s installment of SEPULTURA’s “SepulQuarta” session, drummer Eloy Casagrande reflected on the passing of former ANGRA singer André Matos. Matos, who also sang for the Brazilian metal bands VIPER and SHAMAN, died last June after suffering a heart attack. He was only 47 years old. Eloy said (see video below): “Back in 2006, […]
- Muse Have a New Concert Film That Is ‘Our Version of The Wall’
Plus, Matt Bellamy issues a new solo song. Continue reading…
- Slipknot Legend Corey Taylor’s Son Griffin Showed His New Hairstyle With Major Difference
One of the most famous frontmen of this era and talented musician of Slipknot & Stone Sour, Corey Taylor, is quite silent on social media after the self-quarantine issues. However, his talented son Griffin Taylor sending new stuff on his own Instagram page frequently. Today, he posted recent videos wearing zombie makeup. Fans might think […]
- Van Halen Legend’s Daughter Warns White People With A Public Open Letter
On a recent Instagram post, former Van Halen vocalist Sammy Hagar’s daughter, Kama Hagar, shared an important letter to all white people and showed how to make the world better. The letter was explained that only white people could change the system of them and find equality for black and brown people. Kama stated that […]
- Metallica’s Robert Trujillo Goes ‘Shoplifting’ for Record Video
See what the Metallica bassist picked. Continue reading…
- Adam Lambert Explains How He Feels About Being In Shadow Of Freddie Mercury
Adam Lambert, who is the current live performance singer of Queen, talked in a recent interview with Humans Of Music and revealed his main goal as the singer of Queen. In the statement, Adam paid respect to Freddie Mercury by saying that ‘I sing the shit out of the songs and celebrate him and talk […]
- ‘Warpig Yourself’ With Motorhead Filters on ‘Motorhead Day’
It's the 8th of May, the 8th of May. Continue reading…
- Puscifer Release Timely New Song + Video, “Apocalyptical”
As suspected, Maynard James Keenan’s third-most-popular project, Puscifer, will be releasing a new album this year. We don’t know what that album will be called, and we don’t know exactly when it will be released. But we do have a first single, “Apocalyptical.” I’m not usually much a Puscifer fan, but I find this song […]
- Watch BEYOND THE BLACK’s Lyric Video For ‘Wounded Healer’ Featuring AMARANTHE’s ELIZE RYD
German symphonic metallers BEYOND THE BLACK have released the official lyric video for “Wounded Healer”, the third single from their upcoming album “Hørizøns”, due on June 19 via Napalm Records. BEYOND THE BLACK singer Jennifer Haben stated about the new album: “With 2019 having been the biggest year in our career as a band so […]
- Ex-Accept frontman David Reece releases video for track “No Disguise”
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- Sh*t That Comes Out Today: May 8, 2020
Slow week this week. At least there’s plenty from last week to keep you entertained. At any rate, here’s the most notable of this week’s new releases. Brant BjorkBrant Bjork (Heavy Psych) Former Kyuss drummer Brant Bjork’s output dwarfs that of most mortal men. It’s kinda surprising it took him until his fifteenth solo-ish record […]
- NIRVANA’s KRIST NOVOSELIC Pushes Back On ‘Plandemic’ Coronavirus Conspiracy Video
NIRVANA bassist Krist Novoselic has pushed back against a viral documentary-style video titled “Plandemic” that promoted conspiracy theories about coronavirus. Late Thursday night (May 7), Novoselic took to his Twitter to write: “If you believe ‘Plandemic’, I have information that you have won an international lottery and I can help you obtain the prize money. […]
- Gene Simmons Daughter Sophie’s Flawless Beauty Shines In White Dress
The famous social media personality and also the daughter of KISS icon Gene Simmons, Sophie Simmons, has posted a new photo on her Instagram account and showed off her perfect beauty for her followers once again. In the photo, Sophie is lying on the flowers and hiding her face but still, she mesmerized the fans […]
