Coronavirus 0 Slipknot, Tool, Nickelback and More Got Government Pandemic Assistance of $150,000 to $1 Million July 7th, 2020 at 12:00pm Vince Neilstein Also: Disturbed, Sammy Hagar, Papa Roach, Green Day and others took advantage of the U.S. government’s Paycheck Protection Program (PPP).
Pummeling Politics 0 Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda Is Running for President July 6th, 2020 at 12:46pm Axl Rosenberg Take THAT, Kanye!
Pummeling Politics 0 Metal Restaurant Kuma’s Corner Accused of Harboring Racist, Sexist, Homophobic Culture July 3rd, 2020 at 12:56pm Vince Neilstein The restaurant has five locations in the Midwest and sells metal-themed burgers and sandwiches.
But What Does Corey Taylor Think? 0 And Corey Taylor’s Favorite Slipknot Song Is… July 2nd, 2020 at 11:26am Vince Neilstein It’s not one that you’d expect! A deep cut from the band’s catalogue.
Pummeling Politics 0 Dino Cazares Praises Black Lives Matter-Themed Fear Factory Cover June 30th, 2020 at 3:22pm MetalSucks The guitarist calls it “probably the most amazing thing anyone has ever done to one of our songs.”
The Webernets 0 Corey Taylor Volunteers to Join Slipknot Tribute Act June 29th, 2020 at 10:57am Vince Neilstein A Craigslist posting reads “”We are in need of someone in the same or near same physical shape as Corey Taylor, 5’8.”
Poll 0 Metallica Fans Say This Is the Band’s Best Song June 25th, 2020 at 12:51pm Axl Rosenberg Tragically, it is NOT “I Disappear.”
Breaking the Law 0 Multiple Women Accuse Former Black Veil Brides Bassist of Sexual Misconduct and Abuse; Band Responds June 24th, 2020 at 11:11am MetalSucks These include allegations of sex with underage girls, physical, verbal, and psychological abuse, providing minors with drugs and alcohol, and rape.
Breaking the Law 0 Vince Neil Says His Neighbors Are Trying to “Cover up” the “Brutal Murder” of His Dog June 23rd, 2020 at 10:48am Axl Rosenberg Neil’s statement on the matter is tone deaf.
Viral Vomit 0 Nigerian Wedding Moshing to System of a Down Goes Viral June 21st, 2020 at 11:02am MetalSucks Watch footage of people losing their minds to “Toxicity” as well as songs by Disturbed and Asking Alexandria!
Music Dorkery 0 Anthrax Drummer Charlie Benante Says He’s “Tired” of Not Being Credited as the Creator of the Blast Beat June 20th, 2020 at 12:03pm MetalSucks Benante says S.O.D.’s “Milk” contains the first blast beat.
\m/ 0 Fit For an Autopsy Guitarist Goes Viral in Racial Feel-Good Moment June 19th, 2020 at 9:10am Vince Neilstein FFAA guitarist Pat Sheridan pulled over to help a woman whose car had run out of gas, and the rest is history.
Coronavirus 0 Live Nation Attempting to Shift Financial Burdens to Artists June 18th, 2020 at 10:55am Axl Rosenberg Artists will be asked to take less money, while assuming greater risk of loss, for concerts.
Pummeling Politics 0 Protest the Hero Frontman on Band’s Far-Right-Wing Fans: “I Don’t Want Those People Listening to Our Music” June 17th, 2020 at 10:06am Vince Neilstein The band’s new album is an anti-Trump anthem that looks back critically on American history.
Pummeling Politics 0 System of a Down’s Serj Tankian Says Trump-Loving Fans of the Song “Temper” Are “Hypocrites” June 16th, 2020 at 1:24pm Axl Rosenberg A not-so-thinly veiled swipe at Trump-supporting SOAD drummer John Dolmayan.
Pummeling Politics 0 System of a Down Drummer Makes Racist Claim About Abortion, Doesn’t Understand What “Free Speech” Means June 15th, 2020 at 9:30am Vince Neilstein John Dolmayan erroneously claims that Democrats are “directly responsible for 70 plus million abortions ,a large majority of whom were black.”
Pummeling Politics 0 Report: Why Is Body Count’s “Cop Killer” Still Officially Unavailable Nearly 30 Years After Its Release? June 13th, 2020 at 1:34pm MetalSucks The controversial song remains a staple of the band’s live set, but the official studio recording is still under lock and key.
Pummeling Politics 0 Video: Winds of Plague Dressed in Blackface at Halloween Show in 2005 June 11th, 2020 at 11:54am Vince Neilstein The band were dressed up as Wu-Tang Clan for a Halloween show.
Pummeling Politics 0 Tom Morello Schooled This Poor Dude Who JUST Figured out That Rage Against the Machine Are Political June 10th, 2020 at 9:00am Axl Rosenberg “I use to be a fan until your political opinions come out.”
New Stuff 0 In Flames Re-Recorded “Clayman” and the Internet LOVES It June 8th, 2020 at 3:09pm Axl Rosenberg I’m being facetious, in case that wasn’t readily apparent.