Upcoming Bullsh*t 300 NACHTMYSTIUM’S BLACK MEDDLE, PT. II FINALLY IN THE WORKS October 26th, 2009 at 3:30pm Axl Rosenberg …session with Sanford Parker in October. “The new material is reminiscent of ‘Assassins’ with more of a rock and roll edge over all. Our love for post-rock and industrial (ala…
New Stuff 80 MAYLENE AND THE SONS OF DISASTER TALK RASSLIN’ October 22nd, 2009 at 1:30pm Axl Rosenberg Did anyone see South Park last night? I watched it in a drunken stupor but I think I enjoyed it. It was about rasslin’. Speaking of which: while my childhood…
Reunion Mania 110 THE BIRDS AND THE BEES 101, AS TAUGHT BY PROFS. ANTHRAX AND BUSH October 21st, 2009 at 10:00am Vince Neilstein …Bush needs to go one step at a time. But Scott Ian posted a video on Twitter of the band performing the classic “Only” at this past weekend’s Loud Park…
Tour de Force 110 NIGHT ETERNAL HAS FALLEN UPON AMERICA October 15th, 2009 at 2:30pm Vince Neilstein …– Vancouver, BC – The Venue Oct. 28 – Seattle, WA – Studio Seven Oct. 29 – Portland, OR – Satyricon Oct. 30 – San Francisco, CA – Thee Parkside…
Reviews 100 JAVELINA THIN THE HERD ON BEASTS AMONG SHEEP October 13th, 2009 at 10:07am Satan Rosenbloom …Among Sheep, no foundation for artifice, just eight tracks of mud-caked riffs and cantankerous dispositions. Producer Sanford Parker gives the album that first-take raw vibe that this kind of light-on-subtlety…
Exclusive 380 EXCLUSIVE: GOD FORBID’S DOC COYLE SPEAKS OUT ON THE LAMB OF GOD/METALLICA CUP-THROWING INCIDENT October 12th, 2009 at 11:00am MetalSucks …beer, not a water. A big ol’ tall boy plastic cup of beer, and whoever threw it must have been a quarterback because it was full and hit me square…
Jumping Darkness Parade 1570 JUMPING DARKNESS PARADE: EYAL ON GETTING BURNT OUT ON MUSIC YOU LOVE October 9th, 2009 at 4:13pm MetalSucks …Park, all the way through the release of Ghost Reveries, I’d say that Opeth were on my iTunes at least once a day. They are a band that I’ve listened…
Admin 80 CONTESTS, CONTESTS, EVERYWHERE F*CKIN’ CONTESTS October 7th, 2009 at 12:00pm MetalSucks …caption contest. Also, for those keeping score at home, we chose a winner to our Loudpark ticket giveaway; that winner is Ohad Gonen, and his winning entry is posted in…
Interviews 210 ENSIFERUM BASSIST SAMI HINKKA: “WE JUST MAKE MUSIC THAT SOUNDS GOOD TO US.” October 6th, 2009 at 4:30pm MetalSucks …– like from the news, relationships, or a drinking session with friends [laughs]. Anything can [provide] the first spark. Usually when we’re writing music, I ask Markus [Toivonen, guitars] what’s…
Exclusive 90 EXCLUSIVE BEARD DESTROYER ’09 TOUR WRAP-UP WITH BATILLUS DRUMMER GEOFF SUMMERS! September 30th, 2009 at 5:00pm MetalSucks …bad times. It rained. A lot. Everywhere we went. Fortunately, though, the good dwarfed the bad. Let’s recap… 9/12/09 – College Park, MD – Before heading to this, the third…
Contests 60 JAPAN LOUDPARK TICKET GIVEAWAY CONTEST September 30th, 2009 at 4:00pm MetalSucks We are in possession of a 2-day ticket to the Loudpark festival in Japan this October 17th and 18th, graciously bestowed on us by MS Maniac Andre M. Pinheiro. Mr….
Reviews 490 DESPISED ICON’S COMME SI, COMME SA “DAY OF MOURNING” September 28th, 2009 at 3:00pm Sammy O'Hagar While Despised Icon didn’t show up early to the deathcore party, they did manage to show up right on time with 2005’s laudably solid The Healing Process. Squarely at the…
Interviews 90 VERNON REID: THE METALSUCKS INTERVIEW September 15th, 2009 at 2:00pm Axl Rosenberg …blah blah blah, woof woof woof woof.” [laughs] No worries, I’m glad to listen… Okay, so one last thing. I’m playing Parker guitars now. I started out of course with…
F-F-F-Feudin' 1150 THE ACACIA STRAIN/EMMURE CONFLICT TAKES METAL FEUDING TO HIP-HOP LEVELS September 14th, 2009 at 11:06am Axl Rosenberg …in Clifton Park. Here are Lambgoat‘s reports, from various sources: 9/13/2009 8:42 PM “Vincent from the acacia strain and frankie from emmure just beat each other bloody backstage at northern…
Interviews 250 FALL IN LOVE AGAIN WITH PAUL GILBERT: THE METALSUCKS INTERVIEW September 11th, 2009 at 3:00pm Anso DF …it was outside, in … what would you call it … a square [located] between all these restaurants and shops. So the audience consisted of people who actually came to…
\m/ 100 OUR FELLOW NEW YORKERS: COME TO A SPECIAL LISTENING PARTY FOR SHADOWS FALL’S RETRIBUTION TOMORROW NIGHT! September 10th, 2009 at 3:00pm Axl Rosenberg …all. Be there or be square. I’m very sad I can’t go. If you can’t make it either, don’t fret: Retribution comes out this Tuesday, September 15 on Everblack Industries/Ferret….
F-F-F-Feudin' 370 TALENTLESS HACK INSULTS FELLOW TALENTLESS HACK September 10th, 2009 at 12:34pm Axl Rosenberg …mean, a few “YEAH BOOOOOYYYYYY!!!!”s from Tommy Lee and I was off to the parking lot to beat the traffic. I had a better time watching Limp Bizkit open for…
Tour de Force 30 BEARD DESTROYER TOUR WITH HULL, BATILLUS AND SALOME STARTS TONIGHT!!! September 10th, 2009 at 12:00pm Axl Rosenberg …right here. 9/10/09 @ Kung Fu Necktie – Philadelphia, PA 9/11/09 @ Talking Head Club – Baltimore, MD (w/ Oak) 9/12/09 @ Marblehaus – College Park, MD 9/13/09 @ TBA…
Jumping Darkness Parade 770 JUMPING DARKNESS PARADE: EYAL ON F*CKING UP September 8th, 2009 at 4:30pm MetalSucks …see Opeth was in the Blackwater Park days. I had just started getting really, really into them, and I heard they were playing. My now-dead friend Dan and I decided…
Music Dorkery 740 SOME RANDOM THOUGHTS ABOUT THE USE OF THE TERM “CORE” September 8th, 2009 at 12:30pm Axl Rosenberg This morning, I received the following e-mail from reader Parker Werley: “How does a band get to earn the proud badge of having -core in their genre?” That’s a pretty…
