Editorials 1180 PONDERING THE RELEVANCE OF MESHUGGAH IN 2012 February 13th, 2012 at 1:30pm Vince Neilstein …Lately’s auto-tuned chorus is tearing up the YouTube charts; Meshuggah have been around a long time and their fans are a loyal and incredibly devoted bunch. But I do wonder…
Admin 470 CLIFF BURTON WOULD HAVE BEEN FIFTY TODAY February 10th, 2012 at 4:30pm MetalSucks …have liked to find out. Here’s an old interview with Burton that we dug up from YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jl-HsPgwIQ4 Happy birthday, Cliff. We’ll always miss ya, dude. -Axl, Vince, and Everyone…
Reviews 20 INCH SCRAPER: HARDCORE 7″ REVIEWS OF BORN LOW, CEREMONY, AND CODE ORANGE KIDS February 8th, 2012 at 3:50pm Gary Suarez …“I’m A Bug” limps, an urbane and restrained take on a Urinals tune. While heralding punk rock’s history warrants respect, last year’s covers EP served that noble aim better. -GS…
Cinemetal 300 “SHUT THE F*CK… UUUUUUUP” February 8th, 2012 at 1:30pm Vince Neilstein http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66a851vYRrQ&feature=youtu.be The bad news is that the first music video by Australian deathcore youngins Endworld — dubbed by Sergeant D as “the shitty version of Defiler,” a statement so loaded…
The Webernets 290 FADADES: THE NEXT BIG THING IN BLACK METAL February 8th, 2012 at 1:00pm Vince Neilstein YouTube holds an endless treasure trove of unwittingly hilarious aspiring one-man black metallers. Either that or we’re just being wickedly trolled. This year we’ve already given you Svendorrian and Lord…
Hipsters Out Of Metal! 90 HANDLE THE TRUTH: INSIDE VAN HALEN’S IMPROBABLE TRIUMPH February 7th, 2012 at 11:00am Anso DF …peppers Truth with covers of ’80s heavy rock titans Van Halen. Eddie Van Halen writes bass player’s parts, DNA. Anticipating former singer Sammy Hagar’s grabs for credit, VH purges Truth…
Everyone's Replaceable 40 AND THE MEMBERS OF JEFF LOOMIS’ TOURING BAND ARE… February 3rd, 2012 at 2:00pm Axl Rosenberg …I’ve seen him do these perfect drum covers on his Youtube page. I reached out and learned he plays in a few great bands as well. You should check out…
Fear Emptiness Decibel 130 FEAR, EMPTINESS, DECIBEL: OVERKILL’S THE YEARS OF DECAY ENTERS THE DECIBEL HALL OF FAME! February 2nd, 2012 at 4:30pm MetalSucks …is our big chance to churn out a bunch of shitty “e-limination” puns. I’m watching the (rad) video as I write this, and I assure you, the YouTube commentariat has…
Cinemetal 240 Mötley Crüe Are in a Super Bowl Commercial February 2nd, 2012 at 12:30pm Axl Rosenberg …speed, power, food, phallic symbols, and Mötley Crüe, who, come to think of it, personify all of those things anyway. Yes, even food. Check out the commerical below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYIYXRR95Ak …
Neilstein Soundscam 310 NEILSTEIN SOUNDSCAM: LAMB OF GOD REIGN SUPREME February 1st, 2012 at 12:30pm Vince Neilstein …by rank ever. Congrats! Another solid album. 7 SCORPIONS – COMEBLACK Last week: 5,089 (debut) Scorpions have a new album? Oh wait, no, it’s just re-recorded classics and covers. Pass….
Everyone's Replaceable 220 THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER: BASSIST BART WILLIAMS SITTING OUT CURRENT EUROPEAN TOUR January 27th, 2012 at 10:00am Axl Rosenberg …“Bart” Williams “wasn’t on bass. It was some guy I’d never seen before.” A quick YouTube search turned up fan-filmed footage from the show which confirms that, yes, indeed, Mr….
Everyone's Replaceable 120 EX-FACELESS DRUMMER NICK PIERCE JOINS UNEARTH January 20th, 2012 at 1:30pm Axl Rosenberg …Unearth in May of 2011 during their two show trip to Alaska. Unearth discovered Pierce on YouTube where he had been covering Unearth songs, among many other bands, on a…
Fear Emptiness Decibel 1 FEAR, EMPTINESS, DECIBEL: LISTEN TO THE NEW TORCHE FLEXI DISC! January 19th, 2012 at 4:00pm MetalSucks …bursts of killer interstitial material (2007’s In Return EP, 2010’s Songs for Singles sorta-EP, last year’s split with Part Chimp, featuring three Guided by Voices covers) that make the hype…
Viral Vomit 170 WHEN YOUR SNARE DRUM IS AN EMPTY BOTTLE OF MOTOR OIL, YOU’RE THIS KID AND YOU RULE January 19th, 2012 at 1:00pm Vince Neilstein http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vpMELXAOHQ&feature=youtu.be When your drum set consists of two bottles of motor oil, some kind of old shelving component, a couple of blankets and a wicker hat as a drum throne…
Interviews 210 EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: MATT HALPERN TAKES US BEHIND THE SCENES OF BANDHAPPY January 12th, 2012 at 5:00pm Vince Neilstein …about people ripping the recording video out and getting it up on Youtube or wherever else? We haven’t made it easy for that to happen. We only allow streaming of…
Reviews 30 INCH SCRAPER: HARDCORE 7″ REVIEWS OF FULL TOILET, GIVE, AND H2O January 10th, 2012 at 3:30pm Gary Suarez …H2O‘s city-themed covers seven-inches, DC (Bridge Nine) might as well have been called Dischord, hardly a surprise given how that one label defined the sound of our nation’s capitol. Toby…
Upcoming Bullsh*t 220 CAN’T WAIT FOR MORE CYNIC? WELL HERE COMES PORTAL! January 10th, 2012 at 1:30pm Axl Rosenberg …talents of Paul Masvidal, Sean Reinert, guitarist Jason Gobel, bassist Chris Kringel, and vocalist Aruna Abrams. There’s even some demos already up on YouTube (like the one above), so really,…
Readers' Choice 200 NECROCOMICCON: LIKE ME FIRST AND THE GIMME GIMMES, ONLY WITH BLACK METAL January 6th, 2012 at 3:30pm Axl Rosenberg …years consider for punk covers, like “Mandy” and “Don’t Cry For Me Argentina.” I knew a dude who was way, way into them, but the appeal was always lost on…
Green Eggs and Slam 1200 2012 STATE OF THE SCENE ADDRESS: It’s cool to be tr00 January 4th, 2012 at 5:00pm Sergeant D …Fate, etc. It was all about partying, acting like rockstars, and playing semi-ironic covers of top 40 pop songs (so much easier than writing your own catchy songs)- a far…
New Stuff 110 ALCEST’S LES VOYAGES NOW AVAILABLE FOR YOUR STREAMING PLEASURE January 4th, 2012 at 1:00pm Axl Rosenberg Alcest’s new album, Les Voyages de L’Âme, comes out later this week — which, of course, means it is now streaming in full. And, better yet, it’s streaming via YouTube…
