Ever since last December, Slipknot fans have been patiently waiting to find out when and where the band’s 25th anniversary tour would make its way to this side of the globe. Slipknot had already announced the European and U.K. tour celebrating the band’s self-titled debut album, but there was nary a mention of anything even remotely close to North and South America — that was until just moments ago. Over on the band’s various social media pages, they announced a pair of shows in Mexico — with one being their first-ever headlining gig in Mexico City — and they’re branded pretty prominently as ..read more

The Savannah sludge lords Black Tusk are reinventing themselves fully on this new LP, The Way Forward, and in doing so, this release succeeds on bringing their sound into 2024. While it’s natural for any band’s sound to evolve over time, Black Tusk feel especially innovative on this, their sixth full-length release. It’s clear on this album that they are harder and heavier than ever on this record. The theme on the record is clearly about pushing forward and prevailing against the odds, and they convey this message alongside heavy, crushing rhythms. This is their darkest album to date, and on ..read more

LA-based hardcore bands CNTS just announced a summer tour run in support of their new album Thoughts & Prayers. Featuring members of Dead Cross, Retox, and Qui, the hardcore, super-heavy punk powerhouse will be hitting Chico, CA on May 9 and wrapping up June 28 in Las Angeles, CA. They are touring in support of their record Thoughts & Prayers in support of their recent record out via Ipecac Recordings. Tickets are on sale now here. Guitarist Michael Crain says about the tour: “Brace yourself, America! CNTS is hitting the road, playing coast to coast. We’re looking forward to seeing a ..read more

If you’ve ever listened to Zeal & Ardor, you know those guys know how to go off. Mixing spiritual music with black metal to create a blissfully hellish avant-garde powerhouse, the brainchild of Manuel Gagneux rarely ever goes without expressing its explosive rage in a track. Yet just a couple hours ago, Zeal & Ardor dropped a new single “To My Ilk” and not once does it fly off the handle with great vengeance and furious anger. The accompanying video/visualizer is simple, showing what looks like the silhouette of a gryphon above a description of what one of those is. This track just ha ..read more

Ever since they reunited back in 2022, New Jersey metalcore outfit God Forbid have gone on to do a handful of shows here and there. Since then, there hasn’t been a whole lot of talk about there being new music in the cards, though one time on his podcast Doc Coyle said the idea wasn’t completely off the table. During a recent interview with Nickelsack Jack (as transcribed by our buddies over at Metal Injection, Coyle’s gone on record saying he likes the idea of spending time in 2024 on writing new God Forbid material. And if that doesn’t get you pumped, I don’t know what will. “We just booke ..read more

There are bands that are heavy, and then there are bands that, for better or worse, literally only have two modes of operation: asleep or pedal to the metal. Don’t get me wrong, I’m here for it. I respect the grind(core). At a certain point it becomes a feat of endurance, both for the musicians and the listeners. And if nothing else, at least it gets all the other people on the road to roll up their windows and leave you alone. If there is one onomatopoeia that I would use to most accurately describe Vengeance of Eternal Fire, the new full-length album from the Richmond, Virginia extreme meta ..read more

During last year’s Record Store Day, Mr. Bungle‘s Scott Ian and Pantera‘s Charlie Benante (both also of Anthrax) and some dude named Dave Grohl made waves by releasing a cover of Bad Brains’ “The Regulator”. At the time, it was a cool outpouring of support to help raise funds for Bad Brains vocalist H.R., who was seeking treatment for a painful condition. Well, during Record Store Day this past Saturday, the trio dropped the official music video from the recording session that took place at Grohl’s 606 Studios. As you’d expect for anything related to Bad Brains, the clip below is fast paced a ..read more

Remember when Baroness released their latest album STONE a few months ago? If you don’t, then you should because it was excellent. If you’ve somehow already forgotten that fact, or you just haven’t caught those songs in a live setting yet, then you’re in luck because they just announced a U.S. tour starting up in just a few weeks. Set to kick off on May 31 in Portland, Maine and coming to an end on June 30 in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, this latest run of dates not only gets the band back to parts of the country they might have missed during their previous run, but it’s also being used as a wa ..read more

Eyal Levi of Dååth is our guest on The MetalSucks Podcast this week! He’s here to chat about the band’s first album in over a decade, The Deceivers, out May 3. In our chat, Eyal describes how his exercise regimen during the pandemic was a direct impact on returning to playing guitar and how he felt about his guitar playing after not playing for eight years. He also reflected on making the decision to create new music and revive the dormant Dååth, the team that was assembled around the project, what it’s like having band members spread out across the world, and the production team that was inv ..read more

The arpeggios in Soundgarden’s “Black Hole Sun” are some of the most recognizable notes in the history of grunge, and apparently those were recorded by the rhythm guitarist stepping into the lead guitarist’s shoes for a moment. In a recent interview from a print issue of Guitar Player magazine (as reported on by Metal Injection), Soundgarden lead guitarist Kim Thayil admitted that the guitar part that the band’s late, great vocalist and rhythm guitarist Chris Cornell wrote for him proved difficult for him to master in the studio, prompting Cornell to step in and play it. Thayil says: “I love ..read more