Category Archives: Hard Rock/Metal

Allegations against Between The Buried And Me guitarist Dustie Waring surfaced earlier today via an anonymous user on Reddit, who claimed that she was raped and impregnated by Waring while drunk. MetalSucks reached out to Waring, whose legal representation provided a comment saying “Dustie Waring of BTBAM/Glass Casket is aware of the allegations and working […]

Original A Skylit Drive vocalist Jordan Blake has died. The band confirmed Blake‘s death on their social media, saying they will not comment on the matter any further out of respect for Blake‘s privacy and family’s wishes. Blake originally fronted A Skylit Drive between 2005 and 2007, and recently rejoined the band’s original 2006 lineup […]

Rufus Taylor, son of Queen drummer Roger Taylor and current drummer for The Darkness, could potentially be behind the kit for Foo Fighters on their upcoming tour. Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading. In an in interview with BBC Radio 2, Roger Taylor was asked if Rufus could be joining the band on tour. Roger didn’t […]

It all started last weekend when Crazy Town had a string of shows that culminated in a fist fight between vocalists Seth “Shifty Shellshock” Binzer and Bobby Reeves. Shortly thereafter, Crazy Town was ejected from their tour with (hed)p.e. “because of what’s going on with Seth and Crazy Town right now, Seth needs help.” Advertisement. […]

Founding Saliva guitarist Wayne Swinny sadly died in late March after suffering a brain hemorrhage. Now, roughly one month after his passing, Saliva has stated they’ll carry on with the blessing of Swinny‘s sister Linda. Saliva states they’ll release the album they were working on with Swinny, and will continue on with all planned live […]

Ice Nine Kills is out on the road with Metallica for their world tour, as well as a headlining tour of their own. Unfortunately Ice Nine Kills guitarist Dan Sugarman will not be joining the band thanks to a recent medical diagnosis. In his place will be guitarists Doc Coyle (God Forbid, Bad Wolves) and […]

London’s O2 Academy Brixton venue may be shut down after two people were killed and eight hospitalized during crowd crush at an Asake show on December 15, 2022. Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading. Shortly after the event, O2 Academy Brixton’s license to operate was revoked until January 16, 2023 when the Lambeth Council would discuss […]

Behemoth frontman Nergal and his home country of Poland don’t get along when it comes to religion, but it seems they’re cool about music. Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading. Behemoth took home a Fryderyki Award (the Polish GRAMMYs) in the Metal Album Of The Year category for their 2022 record Opvs Contra Natvram. Behemoth beat […]

Earlier today, we learned that Floor Jansen will open Metallica‘s April 29 show at the Johan Cruijff Arena in Amsterdam, Netherlands in place of Five Finger Death Punch. At the time, Metallica only stated that the switch was due to an “unforeseen circumstance” within the Five Finger Death Punch camp. Turns out vocalist Ivan Moody […]

The Cranberries released their famous protest song “Zombie”, which detailed the 30-plus year conflict named The Troubles in Northern Ireland, as a single from their No Need To Argue record in 1994. But what if that same song were written by Deftones and released on their White Pony record instead? Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading. […]