Scraping Genius Off The Wheel 80 MY OFFICIAL NEW ENGLAND METAL & HARDCORE FESTIVAL REPORT–IN TWEETS! May 17th, 2010 at 1:00pm Gary Suarez …out in the parking lot. #nemhf 2:31 PM Apr 24th Gaza was good, but boy what a bumout! Now watching ABACABB do whatever the hell it is they do. #nemhf…
Scraping Genius Off The Wheel 40 YOUR HANDY DANDY GUIDE TO A SRSLY HARDCORE SUMMER May 13th, 2010 at 1:30pm Gary Suarez …event is commendable. Dress for sweat. East Coast Tsunami Date(s): June 11-12 City: Phoenixville, PA Venues: Polish Club (11th) and St. Michael’s Park (12th) Lineup (partial): Sick Of It All…
Metta Mind Journal 850 METTA MIND JOURNAL: CYNIC’S PAUL MASVIDAL ON THE BURGLARY OF HIS HOME May 12th, 2010 at 5:12pm MetalSucks …two police officers in the parking lot and told them that I had heard about yesterday’s homicide and was wondering if the baby made it? They said, “No,” and that…
Worst Week Ever 80 IN WHICH WE WERE GRATEFUL THAT TIMES SQUARE DIDN’T EXPLODE May 7th, 2010 at 5:00pm Axl Rosenberg A few hours ago authorities evacuated Times Square for the second time in a week after someone found a “suspicious cooler” on the street. Of course, everyone was just being…
Exclusive 100 EXCLUSIVE BATILLUS STUDIO BLOG #1: BASSIST WILLI STABENAU May 6th, 2010 at 3:00pm MetalSucks …one Sanford Parker, knob-twiddler to the metal stars: We got up here Sunday after a pretty short drive from Indiana where we played a good show with Coffinworm, who are…
A View From the Pit 120 PHOTOS: AMON AMARTH AND TYR AT THE TLA, PHILADELPHIA, PA, APRIL 29TH, 2010 May 6th, 2010 at 11:00am MetalSucks …me so sad I missed this tour in NY -Ed.]. Between rushing from school, fighting traffic and my complete inability to find a parking spot I missed opening band Holy…
Metta Mind Journal 510 METTA MIND JOURNAL: CYNIC’S PAUL MASVIDAL ON THE SHAPE OF SILENCE May 5th, 2010 at 6:30pm MetalSucks …shape of silence is circular and soft. Other times it’s a square, dead center in the middle of a maze of lines. I’m fascinated with silence and its deceptive complexity….
MDF Memories 160 MDF MEMORIES: MATT FROM RUMPELSTILTSKIN GRINDER May 5th, 2010 at 3:30pm MetalSucks …down to MDF in one of our shitty cars… we were hoping to get there in time to see Municipal Waste. We get to the parking lot, and the only…
Scraping Genius Off The Wheel 30 NO LONGER WILL I KEEP MY THOUGHTS ABOUT CRUEL HAND UNDER LOCK & KEY May 4th, 2010 at 2:00pm Gary Suarez …2010 St Mikes Park – Tsunami Fest Monte Clare, Pennsylvan, US Jul 23 2010 JH Sojo w/ The Carrier, Miles Away Leuven, Belgium, BE Jul 24 2010 Hot Hagenbusch w/…
Interviews 120 JACKYL’S JESSE JAMES DUPREE: THE METALSUCKS HOEDOWN May 3rd, 2010 at 2:00pm Axl Rosenberg …now? It’s a 1,500 square foot building. Cee-Lo Green from Gnarls Barkley won a Grammy for a record that he recorded in the studio. OutKast was up there in the…
Tour de Force 470 ROCKSTAR ENERGY UPROAR: YET ANOTHER SUMMER PACKAGE TOUR/FEST THINGY May 3rd, 2010 at 12:00pm Axl Rosenberg …UT – USANA Amphitheatre September 17th Sacramento, CA – Sleep Train Amphitheatre September 18th San Diego, CA – Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre September 19th Tempe, AZ – Tempe Beach Park Amphitheatre…
Tour de Force 170 KATATONIA TO BRING A NEW NIGHT OVER NORTH AMERICA THIS FALL May 3rd, 2010 at 11:30am Vince Neilstein …Vancouver, BC – Rickshaw Theatre Sep. 23 – Portland, OR – Hawthorne Theater Sep. 24 – San Francisco, CA – Thee Parkside Sep. 25 – Santa Ana, CA – Galaxy…
New Stuff 720 “WHY TRY” AND EVEN LISTEN TO THE NEW LIMP BIZKIT SONG? May 3rd, 2010 at 11:00am Axl Rosenberg …solo? I can’t believe there are people threatening the lives of Trey Parker and Matt Stone, but not a single terrorist group thinks Durst needs to be killed. This is…
Tour de Force 210 WELL, DUH: THE ALICE IN CHAINS/DEFTONES/MASTODON TOUR IS A REALLY REAL THING April 29th, 2010 at 11:00am Axl Rosenberg …Sep. 22 – Boston, MA – Agannis Arena Sep. 24 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden Sep. 28 – Atlanta, GA – Aaron’s Amphitheatre at Lakewood Oct. 01…
Cinemetal 170 THIS DUDE IS A GOOD SINGER April 22nd, 2010 at 4:00pm Axl Rosenberg …making her masks, and her mom, like, totally doesn’t want her to, and you can tell her mom is a square because she wears a bandana. Also, something with a…
Metta Mind Journal 1010 METTA MIND JOURNAL: CYNIC’S PAUL MASVIDAL ON DEATH (THE BAND AND THE STATE OF BEING) April 21st, 2010 at 5:30pm MetalSucks …Do you mind if we turn around and check it out?” I pulled a U-turn and we made our way back to the edge of the lot. We parked and…
Levi/Werstler Sucks 440 AVALANCHE OF WORMS MIXER MARK LEWIS ON MODERN VS. OLD RECORDING TECHNIQUES April 20th, 2010 at 2:00pm MetalSucks …a Rust in Peace, Slaughter of the Soul, Master of Puppets, or Blackwater Park. All of these albums have editing all over them, but the bands still sound HUMAN because…
Show Reviews 160 SWALLOW THE SUN MAKE THEIR OWN WALL OF DEATH April 19th, 2010 at 3:30pm Axl Rosenberg …Portland, OR @ Peters Room Apr. 24 – San Francisco, CA @ Thee Parkside Apr. 25 – West Hollywood, CA @ House of Blues Apr. 26 – Mesa, AZ @…
A View From the Pit 290 PHOTOS: OPETH’S 20TH ANNIVERSARY SHOW IN NEW YORK CITY, APRIL 7TH, 2010 April 16th, 2010 at 4:00pm MetalSucks Photographer Jackie Cheng was on hand at Otep’s Opeth’s 20th Anniversary show in New York City last Thursday, April 7th, at which the band played all of Blackwater Park followed…
Show Reviews 160 RANDOM THOUGHTS ABOUT THE FINNTROLL / MOONSORROW / SWALLOW THE SUN SHOW IN NYC April 14th, 2010 at 11:30am Vince Neilstein …@ Peters Room Apr. 24 – San Francisco, CA @ Thee Parkside Apr. 25 – West Hollywood, CA @ House of Blues Apr. 26 – Mesa, AZ @ U.B.’s Apr….