Hair Metal Happy Hour 60 IT WAS A QUEENSRYCHE KIND OF WEEKEND May 11th, 2009 at 12:03pm Vince Neilstein …night after several whiskeys in the oh-so-metal environs of Park Slope, we had a rousing way-too-loud-for-2am air guitar session to the very same impromptu greatest hits assortment. There were fists…
Tour de Force 320 MISSING AN IWABO SHOW IS MORE EMBARRASSING THAN GETTING A BONER DURING 5TH PERIOD SEX-ED May 4th, 2009 at 3:30pm Axl Rosenberg …The Crazy Donkey Fri 05/15/09 Montreal, QC Underworld Sat 05/16/09 Toronto, ON Kathedral Sun 05/17/09 Pontiac, MI iLounge Tue 05/19/09 Tinley Park, IL Mojoe’s Rock House Wed 05/20/09 St. Louis,…
Cinemetal 70 TORCHE MAKE THEIR OWN VERSION OF WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE May 4th, 2009 at 12:00pm Axl Rosenberg …not alone. The video also reminds me of the time that Vince and I shared a bag full of ‘shrooms in Central Park. But that’s a whole other story… -AR…
Saturday Song to Get Stoned To 280 SATURDAY SONG TO GET STONED TO: OPETH — “DELIVERANCE” May 2nd, 2009 at 1:28pm Kip Wingerschmidt …ever released — obviously last year’s Watershed, album-before Ghost Reveries, and juggernauts Still Life and Blackwater Park, but also early records Orchid and My Arms, Your Hearse. This guy was…
Contests 50 SHADOWS FALL CONTEST WINNERS! April 24th, 2009 at 4:00pm MetalSucks …Abbath or Blake Judd create a spark to light a hippy’s joint. Lighting the joint with said Satanic spark will insure the inhalation of Luciferian energy. Soon enough the Luciferian…
Editorials 1130 GREG PUCIATO VS. PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA, ROUND 1 April 21st, 2009 at 11:30am Axl Rosenberg …bloated appearance. Speeding doesn’t cause accidents, people driving like assholes cause accidents. More people get in accidents in parking lots than anywhere else, and its definitely not because they’re speeding….
Cinemetal 100 MIKE PATTON TALKS ABOUT THE WRITING PROCESS FOR CRANK 2 April 17th, 2009 at 3:00pm Axl Rosenberg …Linkin Park’s Chester Bennington, but that’s another story for another blog post). I still haven’t heard said score. But I think I’m gonna get baked and go to a late…
Tour de Force 80 NEW ENGLAND METAL AND HARDCORE FESTIVAL IS THIS WEEKEND! April 16th, 2009 at 10:00am Vince Neilstein …– Bram Teitelman, Radio Promotion for The Syndicate/Editor for MetalInsider.net – Jody Dankburg, Director of Marketing and Artist Relations for Washburn/Randall/Eden/Parker – Scott Givens, Vice President of Metal for E1…
Editorials 350 REVOLVER GOLDEN GODS AWARDS: MUSTAINE’S REVENGE April 15th, 2009 at 9:49am Anso DF …and black tiled floor. A little soft shoe. Hey wow “Holy Wars … The Punishment Due.” Hey wow lots of stairs. Hey wow the parking lot. –ADF Anso DF is…
\m/ 30 DAATH’S EMIL WERSTLER WILL SCHOOL YOUR ASS IN GUITAR. NO, SERIOUSLY, HE WANTS TO SCHOOL YOU. April 13th, 2009 at 12:00pm Axl Rosenberg …to practice, my love of writing which always outweighed my like of guitar of playing, and the fact that my guitar teacher was a total square. If my guitar had…
Contests 780 TELL US THE BEST WAY TO STOP A NO GOOD DIRTY HIPPY USING METAL, WIN A FREE SHIRT FROM SHADOWS FALL!!! April 3rd, 2009 at 2:30pm MetalSucks …win is leave a comment below telling us the best way to stop a hippy using metal (consult the episode of South Park where Cartman drives the hippies mad by…
\m/ 20 SECOND ANNUAL METAL INSIDER SUMMIT ANNOUNCED! March 31st, 2009 at 5:06pm MetalSucks …of Marketing and Artist Relations for Washburn/Randall/Eden/Parker – Scott Givens, Vice President of Metal for E1 Entertainment – Will Putney, Producer/Engineer at The Machine Shop MetalInsider.net, scheduled to fully launch…
This Sucks 720 DALLAS COYLE OFFICIALLY OUT OF GOD FORBID March 31st, 2009 at 2:55pm Axl Rosenberg …he will knock it out the park! Byron and I will pick up the slack with the vocals as much as we can. Thanks for everyone’s continued support, and we’ll…
Interviews 400 LACUNA COIL’S CRISTINA SCABBIA: THE METALSUCKS INTERVIEW March 31st, 2009 at 12:00pm Anso DF …bit. Let’s see what we’re coming with.” Of all the great producers out there, how did you land on Don Gilmore [Linkin Park, Avril Lavigne]? It’s complicated to explain. It’s…
Upcoming Bullsh*t 220 TOWNSEND LIVES! March 24th, 2009 at 12:00pm Axl Rosenberg …next record in the quartet is an entirely different cast of characters. The whole point is to have the RIGHT people for the job, no square pegs into round holes….
Reviews 40 GATHER SCATTER: ONE MILLIONS FAN CAN’T BE WRONG March 24th, 2009 at 10:04am Satan Rosenbloom …and transistor towers on the moon? The oscillating guitar lines at the end of “Life Is Satisfactory” sound like a moonbuggy rolling through that lunar landscape on square wheels. Millions…
Tour de Force 220 TOOL TO HEADLINE LOLLAPALOOZA? March 23rd, 2009 at 5:54pm Vince Neilstein …is set to take place August 7-9, 2009 in Chicago’s Grant Park. It would be Tool’s 3rd time at the festival, having played on the touring incarnation in 1993 and…
Reviews 340 CORPUS CHRISTI’S THE DARKER SHADE OF WHITE: JESUS WOULD RIFF HARDER March 23rd, 2009 at 12:00pm MetalSucks …clearly don’t get fashion tips from the movies Labyrinth or Heavy Metal Parking Lot, a plus in my book. Nary a girl jean or scene haircut in sight! Which is…
Tour de Force 200 SXSW METAL REPORT: DAY 3 (OR: “NOT METALLICA”) March 21st, 2009 at 1:21pm Vince Neilstein …8 semis parked outside the venue loomed large. Would us plebes even be able to get in? Some friends from the Relapse goon squad opted to try, and apparently getting…
Tour de Force 200 FINALLY, A GOJIRA HEADLINING TOUR! March 18th, 2009 at 3:00pm Axl Rosenberg …York, NY @ Blender Theatre 5/7 Montreal, QC @ Club Soda 5/8 Toronto, ON @ Mod Club 5/9 Detroit, MI @ Harpo’s 5/10 Chicago, IL @ Logan Square 5/11 St….