Scraping Genius Off The Wheel 70 FORFEIT WON’T GIVE UP IN 2010 January 5th, 2010 at 5:00pm Gary Suarez …Vancouver, BC** Feb 3 2010 Satyricon Portland, OR** Feb 4 2010 Bubba Thrashers Redding, CA** Feb 5 2010 CYC Fresno, CA** Feb 6 2010 Cobalt Cafe Canoga Park, CA** Feb…
Tour de Force 230 WIN-TOUR MANIA! January 5th, 2010 at 1:30pm Vince Neilstein …Jan. 29 – Clifton Park, NY – Northern Lights Jan. 30 – New York, NY – The Fillmore @ Irving Plaza Jan. 31 – Philadelphia, PA – Trocadero Feb. 01…
Editorials 70 SCREAM FOR ME, COSTA RICA! January 5th, 2010 at 1:00pm Vince Neilstein …hallowed gates of the MS Mansion. It’s good to be home! You should’ve seen the looks on the mugs of the White-Face Capuchin monkeys in Manuel Antonio National Park when…
Tour de Force 210 IT’S ALMOST TIME! January 4th, 2010 at 6:00pm Axl Rosenberg …– Clifton Park, NY – Northern Lights Jan. 30 – New York, NY – The Fillmore @ Irving Plaza Jan. 31 – Philadelphia, PA – Trocadero Feb. 01 – Baltimore,…
Hair Metal Happy Hour 230 DEFKLOK December 21st, 2009 at 3:45pm Axl Rosenberg …unless they’re gonna pull a South Park and rip off the drummer’s arm in new and interesting ways every week, this idea is D.O.A. In conclusion: expect this show to…
Music Dorkery 170 THE NY TIMES IS IMMORTAL December 15th, 2009 at 11:00am Axl Rosenberg …the manner in which the author, Ben Ratliff, tries to explain to the squares what all that racket is (My favorite gem: “Black refers to a bleak outlook on life.”),…
Hipsters Out Of Metal! 210 METAL’S BIGGEST PETERS: ERIC F*CKING PETERSON OF TESTAMENT December 9th, 2009 at 12:00pm Anso DF …if I bring that up, Chuck will say [in burly Chuck voice] ‘Shit, then we should play this one!’ And then we’re back to square one. [laughs] Okay, let’s play…
Hipsters Out Of Metal! 100 I LOVE, VOW TO DESTROY AEROSMITH December 3rd, 2009 at 12:30pm Anso DF …that actually matter to humor five geriatric no-writing, ego-tripping, hip-breaking, head-denting, vicodin-gobbling, banana-peeling dickholes? O’Brien’s honor must be avenged. The parking lot of Carl’s Jr. on Venice and Sepulveda. Saturday…
Editorials 540 THIS YEAR’S REASONS NOT TO CARE ABOUT THE GRAMMYS December 3rd, 2009 at 10:00am Axl Rosenberg …My Brain” (from Black Gives Way to Blue) Linkin Park, “What I’ve Done” (from Who Gives a Shit? Live) Metallica, “Unforgiven III” (from Death Magnetic) Nickleback, “Burn it to the…
Reviews 280 SHRINEBUILDER & THEM CROOKED VULTURES: GREAT EXPECTATIONS, PRETTY GOOD RESULTS November 24th, 2009 at 12:00pm Sammy O'Hagar …sense of purpose here: both bands clearly exist because of a spark between their respective members, and are making music not so much for the purposes of another paycheck in…
F-F-F-Feudin' 410 CHARLIE BENANTE IS CRANKY AT ISLAND RECORDS November 16th, 2009 at 9:30am Axl Rosenberg …a vocalist, I assume – also participated in a signing of the album at the new Best Buy in Union Square today. I wonder how that went. -AR *I love…
Metal Jewery 240 ORPHANED LAND: GET READY FOR SOME HOT JEW ON JEW ACTION November 12th, 2009 at 3:00pm Axl Rosenberg …be enough not only to spark a debate about the quality of Orphaned Land’s music, but also the Israel/Palastine conflict in general. And I gotta say, it’ll be good to…
This Sucks 150 OH NOES! MERCENARY LOSE 50% OF THEIR LINE-UP November 11th, 2009 at 1:30pm Axl Rosenberg …drummer Mike Park Nielsen, and keyboardist Morten Sandager. Rhythm guitarist Jakob Mølbjerg explains in a statement: “Last week, Mike told us that he wanted to leave the band permanently. The…
Interviews 80 RUSSIAN CIRCLES / THESE ARMS ARE SNAKES BASSIST BRIAN COOK: THE METALSUCKS INTERVIEW November 3rd, 2009 at 2:30pm Vince Neilstein …other words, how does your experience and presence improve the band? Good looks, a healthy beard, the gay audience, parallel parking skills, an impressive collection of Nomeansno albums on my…
Blogronaut 110 THE BLOGRONAUT RETURNS: INTRONAUT’S INDIAN ADVENTURE November 2nd, 2009 at 2:00pm MetalSucks …painted on them reading “Horn Please.” The show in Kolkata was pretty awesome. We played this big outdoor field next to an amusement park to maybe 1500 people. We played…
Tour de Force 1020 BTBAM/CYNIC/DEVIN TOWNSEND/SCALE THE SUMMIT DATES October 29th, 2009 at 10:00am Axl Rosenberg …Club Soda Jan. 28 – Boston, MA – House of Blues Jan. 29 – Clifton Park, NY – Northern Lights Jan. 30 – New York, NY – The Fillmore @…
Exclusive 90 EXCLUSIVE TOUR BLOG FROM BISON B.C.’S DAN AND (PART I) October 28th, 2009 at 4:00pm MetalSucks …in the mechanics’ parking lot, a Starbucks and wandering around a grocery store endlessly. The next morning we end up renting the most hideous beast we can… a brand new…
Cinemetal 40 UNEARTH THE MARCH SPECIAL EDITION: EXCLUSIVE DVD PREVIEW CLIP October 28th, 2009 at 1:00pm MetalSucks …OH Bogart’s 11/09 Towson, MD Recher Theatre 11/10 Clifton Park, NY Northern Lights 11/12 Richmond, VA The National 11/13 Charlotte, NC Amos’ Southend 11/14 Orlando, FL The Club at Firestone…
Interviews 150 ATTENTION CASHIER: JUCIFER’S AMBER VALENTINE IS NOT A METH-HEAD October 27th, 2009 at 1:00pm Gary Suarez …for Parkinson’s disease for our merch dude so that he could pass it on to Michael J. Fox. But apparently she was illiterate. And our bus driver had to bribe…
Exclusive 530 THE MASTODON BEARD October 26th, 2009 at 5:00pm MetalSucks …restaurants, on old ladies playing bridge in the park, on skateboarding kids, on babies grinning like jack-o-lanterns at me from their bassinets. It was horrible; the Beard was stalking me,…