Tag: the week in metal

Live from Rock on the Range, we speak to festival goers about Cornell’s career, their memories of him, and discuss what made his music so important to us.

It was a very shitty week in metal: Krisiun were detained in Bangladesh for their religious beliefs, Pentagram’s Bobby Liebling was arrested for allegedly abusing his mother, and The Faceless canceled their Australian tour amidst a flurry of drama.

Jason Newsted is rich, there’s Deftones/Korn tour drama, and the Sunset Strip loses one of its founding fathers.

Adam D pulls off the greatest guitar stunt of all time, Babymetal’s backing band has a new project, and Metallica replace a tribute band’s stolen gear!

Ghost frontman Tobias Forge speaks out about the lawsuit, Ivan Moody says he’s quitting Five Finger Death Punch, and the metal community is mourning the loss of members of Internal Bleeding and Nothingface.

Sleep released a secret message for fans, Mastodon had the best week ever, and Linkin Park beef with ESP Guitars!

Sleep post a mysterious photo to Twitter, David Silveria (ex-Korn) has a terrible new band, and more details on the Ghost / Tobias Forge lawsuit.

Kerry King talks about how bummed Limp Bizkit made him and Disney bans another metal band from the House of Blues but also releases a pretty great covers album of Disney classics.

The most metal tribute to Pink Floyd’s The Wall ever, Tool’s rumored negotiations to finally bring their music to streaming services, and Motley Crue’s The Dirt film adaptation coming to Netflix.

Revocation in the new Power Rangers movie, a former Chimaira drummer needs your help, and Killswitch Engage’s Jesse Leach has a new project!

H.I.M. are saying farewell, At The Gates are losing one of their founding members, and some sweet summer tour announcements!

A former member of Ghost reveals himself, the strangest moshpit move you’ll ever see, and Otep unleashes on Phil Labonte and Butcher Babies!

The smartest financial investment any metal fan can make, the newly-discovered extinct worm scientists have named after Cannibal Corpse’s Alex Webster, the rumored Slayer/Lamb of God/Behemoth summer tour, and more.

Tool are reportedly writing new material, Papa Emeritus is possibly firing all current members of Ghost for the next album, and Marduk’s show in Oakland is cancelled after threats of violence.

Everyone in Slipknot is old and broken, The Ghost Inside have updates about Warped Tour 2017, and Tim Lambesis is out of prison three years early!

Iraqi band Acrassicauda reacts to Trump’s travel ban, Bandcamp raises money for the ACLU, and the greatest System of a Down cover of all time.

Mastodon’s new track and upcoming album Emperor of Sand, Ken Sorceron (of Abigail Williams) officially becomes the vocalist of The Faceless, Graveyard reunite after a very brief breakup, and details about Ghost’s next album.

Whitney looks back at the most viewed MetalSucks stories of 2016, and the results are all your fault!