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This summer's Mayhem Fest was so huge, we had to send out two photographers to cover the show. So check out two awesome galleries: Photos by Trevor Campbell and Photos by Jared Pettinato. Oh, and we know what you're asking...where are all your interviews, Rob?! Well, they are coming...not in 6 months, no, but very [...]

Are you hip to Zozobra yet? Well goddammit-be the fuck down; they're AWEZSOME with an unnecessary Z in the middle...last year's Harmonic Tremors was really excellent, and this year's recent release Bird of Prey is quite good, although it did take me a few listens to get really into it (and I do still need [...]

• ZOZOBRA - The Blessing » zozobra-TheBlessing.mp3

Headbangers Blog has posted the world premiere of IN FLAMES' new Patric Ullaeus directed video for the track "Alias". Watch it above. Sure, the new METALLICA album has leaked, but if you're one of those people that are afraid of Lars sueing you, the band has posted 6 tracks on their official site. Check out our [...]

Aww yea. The full routing for the previously announced tour featuring THE FACELESS headlining with ABIGAIL WILLIAMS, DECREPIT BIRTH, VEIL OF MAYA, and NEURAXIS. This lineup is quite ridiculous. We are definitely looking forward to hitting this one up: Planetary Duality Tour dates: Oct. 17 - Anaheim, CA - Chain Reaction Oct. 18 - Phoenix, AZ - The [...]

Why not end the week with a reference to The Usual Suspects? 'S as good as anything else. ANYWAY, here's some shit that got flushed this week: Dallas Coyle gave us a taste of the God Forbid tribute to Metallica that almost was. Rage Against the Machine raged against the... well, you know. You guys kicked each other's [...]

I just ran a Google image search for "Slash" and the above photo is what came up. Hm. ANYWAY, Blabbermouth reports that in a recent interview, Slash claims to have heard Axl Rose's Chinese Democracy, a.k.a. the first Guns N' Roses album he himself with which he himself was not involved. Here's what Slash had to [...]

You may have noticed that one of the Google ads that keeps popping up around here recently is for some group called Hollywood Undead (In case you're retarded, you should know that we actually have no control over what Google ads pop up on our site.). After seeing the same picture of this band day [...]

Last week, in a post entitled "Live Fast, Deaf Young," the always entertaining The Deciblog posted the above photos with the following text: "Metal is a life-long commitment to nihilism and self-destruction. You don't bang your head because it's good for your neck, you don't get drunk because it's good for your liver, and you don't [...]

And it's a question I can't answer just yet, because I haven't heard all of Lazarus Bird, which drops September 16th on Relapse. But from the three songs I've heard on their MySpace page ("I Exterminate the I," "Cripple God" and "We Watched the Silver Rain"), I can tell you this: it is without a [...]

And thankfully, Sergeant D of MetalInquisition is inclined to agree: Let's be perfectly clear: If you don't like Nitro, you're not my fucking friend. Obviously Nitro are completely ridiculous, but I 100% non-ironically love this band as Skullkrusher and Lucho Metales [other MI writers] can attest to. They had the biggest hair, the highest screams, the [...]

THE RED CHORD's Guy Kozowyk is not too short on opinions. When Headbangers Blog sat down him a few days ago, they got all the dirt! Guy talked about his disdain for deathcore (and apologizes if his band had anything to do with it), highlights of their recently completed stint on Mayhem Fest, his [...]

I've been meaning to write about Germany's Necrophagist for some time now - their last album Epitaph is fucking brutal with a capital BRU and a testament to just how expressive extremely technical extreme metal can truly be. Slays me every time; the playing, the songwriting, the punishing - it's all here. And much like [...]

• NECROPHAGIST - The Stillborn One » necrophagist-TheStillbornOne.mp3

When pimply fat dudes handed the keys to grindcore over to skinny kids with tight pants and funny haircuts that didn't like emo, things got a little weird. Suddenly every town with a metal scene started spouting bands with sentence-long band names that played nothing but brief, hugely dissonant walls of sound. And while this [...]

Even though I'm not such a fan of In Flames' latest album A Sense of Purpose, I will always love this band to death. The album wasn't bad by any means, but it definitely falls well below the level of metal the band are capable of making, and ultimately when I'm fixin' for the kings [...]

Well, no, not really. The above photo of alleged "song titles," all references to MetalSucks' favorite construction paper-animated satirical sitcom, comes from a studio blog the band has just launched to keep fans in the loop with regards to progress on their new album, which will be produced by Jason Suecof and released in '09. The [...]

Thanks to those who entered our "Into the Pit" Fight contest; you guys have endured some seriously brutal and gruesome moshpit stories at the behest of 250 pound men (250 was always the number you gave, for whatever reason)! Three runners up receive the following prize package, and our grand prize winner gets all of [...]

Instead of posting a half dozen bite-size stories about the latest news from the doom/sludge underground, I decided to compile it all into one big nasty ball o'resin and load y'all up with enough album updates, tour dates, and general sludgefuckery to BLOW. YOUR. FUCKING. MINDS. Load up the bong, and read on... Cult sludge act [...]

It was only a matter of time. "Love Your Music, Love Yourself;" so goes the slogan for the world's first iPod-powered vibrator. "Simply plug OhMiBod into your iPod, iPhone or any music player and it automatically vibrates to the rhythm and intensity of the music. Let your body feel the vibrations as you get down with [...]

MetalSucks recently had the opportunity to have an all-too-brief chat with Underoath bassist Grant Brandell at the Rockstar Mayhem Festival's stop at Nassau Coliseum on Long Island. Brandell had some interesting things to say about the tour, hanging out with other bands at the fest, and the band's plans for the future. Check out the [...]

The inevitable happened on Tuesday night, when Death Magnetic hit the leak wire. The very next day, Lars responded on a radio show in California, claiming, "Listen, we're ten days from release. I mean, from here, we're golden. If this thing leaks all over the world today or tomorrow, happy days. Happy days. Trust me. [...]