Review: Liturgy, Locrian In Chicago Not Your Traditional Show
Liturgy live: You can trance if you want to! The post Review: Liturgy, Locrian In Chicago Not Your Traditional Show appeared first on MetalSucks.
View ArticleVideo: Brian Storm Interviews Lamb of God Fans at The Summer’s Last Stand Tour
MetalSucks video correspondent Brian Storm hit the lawn of the confusingly-titled Farm Bureau Live venue to speak with Lamb of God fans, look for new friends and beg for a ride home. Plus: live...
View ArticleHip-Hop Fan/Total Stoner Chino Wongeno Reviews Riot Fest in Denver
Chino Wongeno is fanatical about hip-hop, not metal. He is also, however, fanatical about marijuana and the Deftones (“Yo I gotta support my boys from Sac Town! REPRESENT!”). He’s also one of our...
View ArticleShow Review: Motorhead Deliver on Promise to Play Rock n’ Roll at New York’s...
Lemmy overcomes the health issues that forced cancelations earlier in the tour. The post Show Review: Motorhead Deliver on Promise to Play Rock n’ Roll at New York’s Jones Beach appeared first on...
View ArticlePhotos: Cult Of Luna/Kylesa/Inaeona at The Gramercy Theatre in New York City...
Take a peek at one of the best tours of the Fall so far... The post Photos: Cult Of Luna/Kylesa/Inaeona at The Gramercy Theatre in New York City (9/1/15) appeared first on MetalSucks.
View ArticleReview: The Darkness’ Intensity in The Windy City
The Darkness' Tuesday show in Chicago would make an awesome live album. The post Review: The Darkness’ Intensity in The Windy City appeared first on MetalSucks.
View ArticleLive Review: Denver Black Sky Fest III, A Killer Night of Craft Beer-Fueled...
Two Pig Destroyer Stouts, please. The post Live Review: Denver Black Sky Fest III, A Killer Night of Craft Beer-Fueled Brutality appeared first on MetalSucks.
View ArticleBest of SXSW 2016: Peelander-Z
Mad Tiger! Mad Tiger! The post Best of SXSW 2016: Peelander-Z appeared first on MetalSucks.
View ArticleBest of SXSW 2016: Khemmis
Breakout band of SXSW 2016? The post Best of SXSW 2016: Khemmis appeared first on MetalSucks.
View ArticleBest of SXSW 2016: Turnstile
Turnstile are in the Major Leagues now -- although they're being coy about it, the band recently inked a big deal with Roadrunner Records -- and their performance shows it... sort of. The post Best of...
View ArticleBest of SXSW 2016: Steve ‘N’ Seagulls
The Finnish bluegrass band tore through their patented covers of classics such as "Seek and Destroy," "Holy Diver," "Run to the Hills" and "Paradise City" to rapturous applause. The post Best of SXSW...
View ArticleNightrain or Train Wreck? Guns n’ Roses Make Their Las Vegas Debut
Take me down to Paradise City. Even if it means going to Las Vegas. The post Nightrain or Train Wreck? Guns n’ Roses Make Their Las Vegas Debut appeared first on MetalSucks.
View ArticleThe Best of Prophecy Fest: Hekate
Highlights from Vince's journey to a metal festival inside a cave in Germany. The post The Best of Prophecy Fest: Hekate appeared first on MetalSucks.
View ArticleThe Best of Prophecy Fest: Germ
A mix of modern atmospheric and second wave black metal. The post The Best of Prophecy Fest: Germ appeared first on MetalSucks.
View ArticleThe Best of Prophecy Fest: Völur
Canadian doom trio mixes metal with folk and classical. And they're going to be huge one day very soon. The post The Best of Prophecy Fest: Völur appeared first on MetalSucks.
View ArticleVideo: Bad Brains, Living Colour, and Fishbone Stage Awesome Megajam at...
Ice Cube had to follow this. He never stood a chance. The post Video: Bad Brains, Living Colour, and Fishbone Stage Awesome Megajam at Brooklyn’s Afropunk Fest appeared first on MetalSucks.
View ArticleThe Best of Prophecy Fest: Bohren & Der Club of Gore
Detective jazz. The post The Best of Prophecy Fest: Bohren & Der Club of Gore appeared first on MetalSucks.
View ArticleThe Best of Prophecy Fest: Antimatter
David Gilmour / Pink Floyd worship! The post The Best of Prophecy Fest: Antimatter appeared first on MetalSucks.
View ArticleI Went to a Korn Show for the Novelty Factor and Left a Legitimate Fan
"Here’s to hoping that if nu metal does come back in full force in the coming years, it can take some pointers from the longevity, humility, and real talent of bands like Korn." The post I Went to a...
View ArticleFear and Downloading in Houston: An Excavation of Day for Night
Maximus Frank shares some thoughts on the Houston "Day for Night" festival, featuring Aphex Twin, Kamasi Washington, John Carpenter and more. The post Fear and Downloading in Houston: An Excavation of...
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Report: GWAR Bring the House Down at BBQ Films’ Empire Records 20th...
Photo: Christopher Gregory/BBQ Films There’s something about GWAR that’s magic. Their snotty, catchy brand of heavy metal; their gloriously juvenile costumes and stage show; their highly-creative...
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Show Review: The Most Psycho You Can Get In California Without Mike Muir
There’s a reason festival headliners headline festivals: they’re consistent. Municipal Waste will always fuck you up, Sleep know the way to the riff-filled land by heart, Eyehategod may implode at any...
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Show Review: A Night at the Rock Opera with Protomen
If the Protomen show at the Gramercy on Sunday night was anything to judge by, nerds go HARD. If you take offense at being called a nerd, come on. I was there and I saw you waving Mega Man hands and...
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Concert Review: The Dillinger Escape Plan Play Bittersweet Farewell Show in...
One of extreme music’s most unlikely success stories came to a bittersweet end last night when The Dillinger Escape Plan played their final-ever show at Terminal 5 in Manhattan. Over the course of a...
View ArticleVideo: Glenn Tipton Joins Judas Priest on Stage in New Jersey
At the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ last night, Glenn Tipton made good on his promise to join Judas Priest on stage whenever possible despite announcing earlier this year that he’d be stepping down...
View ArticleShow Review: Ivar Bjørnson and Einar Selvik’s Hugjsá Channels Norwegian...
Now that I’m back from the whirlwind of Roadburn, I’d like to take a moment to shine a spotlight on one of my favorite moments of the festival: Ivar Bjørnson (Enslaved) and Einar Selvik (Wardruna)...
View ArticleTen Random Thoughts About Last Night’s Alice in Chains Show
1. Alice in Chains are one of the absolute heaviest bands in existence. I’ve tried before to explain in writing what makes them so heavy — obviously they’re not playing blast beats or doing gutturals —...
View ArticleRandom Thoughts and Random Video From Last Night’s Misfits Reunion Show in...
So Chino Wongeno and I hit up the Misfits reunion show in New Jersey last night. In addition to being my first opportunity to see the band’s three most important members share a stage since I was in...
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Reykjavik Deathfest: Viking Classics and Other Memoirs Of Extreme Music In...
Ah, the mighty tundra of Iceland, also known as the trendiest and most extortionate vacation destination of the 21st century. Between the endless sunlight, the craggy, barren landscape, and the...
View ArticleLate Cave In Bassist Caleb Scofield: The Austerity Program’s Justin Foley...
“Singing is an inclusive thing. It gives somebody something to do at a concert – they feel like they’re a part of it… When I see people singing, it makes me feel like I’m getting something back” -Ian...
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Fire In The Mountains: A Wilderness Celebration of Culture, Nature, and Heavy...
Somewhere deep in the heart of the Grand Tetons, metalfolk congregated for an intimate, primordial experience unlike any other metal gathering in the world. The sublime mountain setting made for an...
View ArticleRandom Thoughts About This Past Weekend’s Ozzy Osbourne Farewell Show
This past Saturday night, Vince, myself, and some friends made the schlep out to Jones Beach to see the local stop of Ozzy Osbourne’s currently-in-progress farewell tour. Given the monumental nature…...
View Article13 Random Thoughts on Clutch’s NYC Performance Last Month
Clutch performed at Irving Plaza with Sevendust and Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown. The post 13 Random Thoughts on Clutch’s NYC Performance Last Month appeared first on MetalSucks.
View ArticleI Went, I Drank, I Headbanged: A Review of Decibel’s Los Angeles Metal and...
Billed as a weekend of intense beer tasting and heavy metal, how did it stack up? The post I Went, I Drank, I Headbanged: A Review of Decibel’s Los Angeles Metal and Beer Fest appeared first on...
View ArticleDeafheaven and Baroness Send Frenetic Shockwaves Through Austin Crowd
It was spring break and SXSW was going full throttle in Austin, TX, making for an interesting experience at the Baroness and Deafheaven show at Emo’s on March 9th. As the venue began to fill up, I...
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Show Review: Chaos & Carnage Tour 2019 Steamrolls Through San Antonio
I’ll be the first to admit I done diddly fucked up. You see, until a year ago, I’d been leaving deathcore bands out of my music library. That decision came from a pre-conceived — and very wrong —...
View ArticleTen Things That Occurred to Me While Watching Iron Maiden’s Incredible Show...
1. The #1 rule of concert-going holds that thou shalt not wear the t-shirt of the band you’re going to see… except when it’s Iron Maiden! As such I was decked out in Maiden gear head to toe, and so...
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A Review, Photos and Video of Threatin’s London Comeback Show, One Year Later
Loyal MetalSucks reader Richard (@TheRamblingElf), who originally tipped us off to last year’s failed Threatin tour as it was happening, attended the band’s “comeback” show in London last night, one...
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Dimebash 2020: It Was the Best of Times, It Was the Best of Times
With so many incredible musicians on hand to celebrate the life and work of Dimebag Darrell, there’s no conceivable world in which the annual Dimebash, which takes place in conjunction with The NAMM...
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Photos and Show Review: Poppy at the Great American Music Hall, San...
On the opening night of Poppy’s “I Disagree” tour, the legendary Great American Music Hall in San Francisco was packed with a combination of teenage girls (and their dads), tech bros, grown women in...
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Photos and Show Review: Poppy at Brooklyn Steel, Brooklyn, NY, February 6, 2020
By far the most memorable moment of Poppy’s show last week at Brooklyn Steel came when she got up on the ego riser between songs and said to the crowd in the most innocent, smallest voice imaginable,...
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Show Review: Mr. Bungle at The Warfield, San Francisco, CA, February 13, 2019
Thursday, February 13, marked the final date of a tour that will go down as one of the best reunion tours to ever hit the stage. Twenty years after calling it quits, Mike Patton, Trey Spruance and...
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Show Review and Photos: Opeth and Graveyard at The Apollo Theater in New York...
Opeth’s show at the legendary Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York, on February 22 felt in many ways like a personal performance amongst friends, so comfortable were the intimate theater’s confines. Say...
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Suicide Silence’s Virtual World Tour Livestream: Our Official Review!
Suicide Silence’s “virtual world tour” kicked off last night, in which the deathcore pioneers are livestreaming a series of full-production shows from a studio environment to one city at a time, with...
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Mr. Bungle’s The Night He Came Home Virtual Live Concert: Thumbs Up Would...
You can still stream the show for (roughly) the next 72 hours. The post Mr. Bungle’s <em>The Night He Came Home</em> Virtual Live Concert: Thumbs Up Would Recommend appeared first on...
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Little Rock’s Mutants of the Monster Festival: Four Days, Nineteen Bands, One...
East Coasters like me think of the south as tumbleweeds, big steaks, and Daisy Dukes. But Arkansas is more Bigfoot than Boss Hogg, its woods thick and its back roads narrow. As a city, Little Rock...
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Show Review: Rammstein’s Explosive Show in Philly Was a Must-See
As I sit here in my apartment writing this, it’s midnight and my legs are sore, my ears are ringing, and I’m still slightly sticky with sweat from a mix of pyro and the hot August air. Yet even in...
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Show Review: Viewing an Iron Maiden and Trivium Show Through a Different Lens
There’s a somewhat magical allure of getting to see one of the greatest and most iconic heavy metal bands live that you can’t get from most of today’s acts. Sure, metal these days moves so fast that...
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Show Review: Trans-Siberian Orchestra Turned Portland into a Rockin’ Holiday...
When it comes to the holidays and music, there’s a lot left to be desired. Either we’re stuck with the slightly predatory “Baby It’s Cold Outside,” the strangely annoying “I Want a Hippopotamus for...
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Show Review: Danzig Was Almost Two Hours Late and It Still Kicked Ass
Growing up in Las Vegas, the “King” was everywhere. Elvis Presley tribute concerts are a big part of this city and I’ve attended more weddings where the happy couple were married by an Elvis...
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