OK, I’m back. I’m really enjoying these drums, as they enhance the dreamlike atmosphere evoked by the acoustic guitars in ...

There are a lot of ways to burn your bridges when quitting a job, but I don’t know if any of them are quite as effective as publicly announcing that your coworkers were accused of sexual assault. But ...

There will never be another Spinal Tap—ya know, minus the sequels and stuff. But as far as the whole premise, execution, and essence of what Spinal Tap as a band and movie can never be matched. After ...

Folks forget that Ozzy Osbourne canned Zakk Wylde in 1995, to be replaced by Joe Holmes, mostly because Holmes never produced anything remarkable with the Ozzman despite some writing credits on 2001’s ...

Glenn Danzig gets a lot of shit. The singer-songwriter is probably the most diverse talent to emerge from the old-school hardcore scene. He wrote the lyrics and music to practically all the awesome ...

“Do I Suck?” is MetalSucks’ new Wednesday column, reporting on the scene’s burning AITA questions.

There are few voices in metal more iconic than the man himself, Mr. King Diamond. And while his vocal stylings have changed over the years, a medical condition may have had the biggest impact since he ...

Here’s a fun piece of metal history for ya. On June 14, 1987, rock photographer Mark Weiss got married in Red Bank, NJ. And Mr. Weiss being who Mr. Weiss is, his wedding was attended by a gaggle of ...

When it comes to rock and metal releases, there are a few that took a loooooonng time to come out. Albums like Guns N’ Roses’ Chinese Democracy with its 15 years of production, Tool’s Fear Inoculum ...

In its current iteration, Mastodon is touring with guitarist Nick Johnston in place of the late Brent Hinds, who tragically and unexpectedly lost his life in a motorcycle accident this past August. It ...

Say what you will about Sebastian Bach — you can’t argue that the guy hasn’t undergone a substantial evolution in his thinking since he was a kid. In 1990, when Skid Row’s then-singer was 22, he came ...

I suppose “occult rock” is a handy enough term for it, anyway; it’s easier than stringing together “70’s-influenced psychedelic doom rock” to describe the aural spells these wicked women weave. The ...