Let’s rant about the Revolver’s Hottest Chicks in Hard Rock list some more. God knows they deserve the attention.

The biggest issue at hand seems to be whether or not it’s sexist. It is. As a female and as a metal fan, I do, in fact, find it sexist. Look at the name. Referring to women as “chicks” on a nationally recognized and widely read magazine is sexist. It demeans women. I might be overreacting, I might be overly politically correct, but if you’re going to insist that it’s a celebration of talent, then why is it portraying women as objects right off the bat? I do give you points on being honest, though, Revolver. You could’ve gone with full denial and named it “The Most Talented Chicks in Hard Rock.”

My biggest problem with this issue is that it really has nothing to do with the music. Yes, the women who pose do it by choice, and hope that after all the gawking some reader might actually listen to their music, but ultimately, those readers probably won’t. Why? Because the magazine features bands and musicians who already have a fan base and a clear, set audience. People who know them will still buy their records, but I highly doubt some guy will be like, “Hey, that Amy Lee is quite the looker. I should probably check out her stuff.”

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Welcome to “Question of the Week,” a (sometimes) weekly debate amongst the MetalSucks staff regarding a recent hot button issue.

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving, which means we’re taking off early today and won’t be back ’til Monday. We’re sorry to leave non-American readers high n’ dry, but PLUS ONE FOR FREEDOM, MOTHERFUCKERS.

ANYWAY, in honor of the holiday, we decided to do a special Turkey Day-themed QOTW designed to make you feel all warm and cuddly inside:

WHAT (IN METAL) ARE YOU THANKFUL FOR?

The MS staff’s answers after the jump.

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Bleeding Through’s new, self-titled album comes out tomorrow on Rise Records; after that, I don’t think I’ll have cause to write about these dudes and dudette for awhile (at least until they do a tour I actually care about), so it seemed like I better get a Marta picture in now. The band is streaming the entire album here; I actually managed to make it through eight of the twelve songs on the album, which is way further than I thought I’d get. But every song sounds exactly the same to me. Did these guys always play generic deathcore, or is that a new development?

-AR

It’s shaping up to be a slow news day, so I thought I’d post this video interview that Total Rock recently conducted with Marta from Bleeding Through. We’re all so used to looking at pictures of her, but I don’t know that I’ve ever actually heard the sound of her voice before. For some reason I always assumed she’d sound a little bit more like Joan Rivers, but this works, too.

Bleeding Through have a new album coming out on some release date on some label. Hoo-ray.

-AR

There’s a NSFW image after the jump. You’ve been warned.

Angela Gossow in the 2006 edition of Revolver’s “Hottest Chicks in Metal”

I love masturbating as much as the next guy who spends most of his day at the computer, but there’s no getting around the fact that Revolver’s annual “Hottest Chicks in Metal” issue – and now, apparently, accompanying calendar – is completely ridiculous. It has nothing to do with music, and there’s no equivalent issue for “Hottest Dudes in Metal,” because, well, metal is mostly a sausage fest and I imagine that a “Hottest Dudes” issue wouldn’t sell very well.

Now Arch Enemy’s Angela Gossow – who has been featured in past “Hottest Chicks” issues – has spoken out against the concept… as if you needed another reason to love her. From a recent interview with KNAC:

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There’s a really awesome metal song called “Anti-Hero.” A song that makes me wanna jump in the pit and hit someone smaller than me every time I listen to it. A song that helped make the band who recorded it one of my favorite in modern metal.

Wanna hear the song? Here ya go!

Oh, yeah. Bleeding Through’s new song is also called “Anti-Hero.” The lyrics include the line “I’ve heard enough of you!/Fucking go away,” which pretty much sums up my feelings about the track. But if you really care, you can listen here. The song will be on the band’s new, self-titled album, which comes out April 13 on Rise.

In conclusion, this:

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Okay so obviously that’s not it, but longtime readers will recall I once vowed to post a picture of Marta every time I have to write something about Bleeding Through because, well, I think she’s hot, and I don’t think Bleeding Through are a very good band.

But the band is going to have a new, self-titled album coming out April 13 on Rise Records, and they’re popular enough that I suspect some of you must care. So if ya do, the actual cover art is after the jump.

And if ya don’t, well, we’ll always have Marta.

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‘Cause lord knows, her band sure blows donkey balls. Check out Marta’s recent appearance on the Shockhound show “Stella Can’t Cook,” in which the not-as-hot-as-everyone-makes-her-out-to-be Bleeding Through keyboardist shows metalhead men with boners worldwide how to cook a Norwegian pastry.

-VN