Category Archives: MetalSucks.net

Black Metal Symposium To Bore Brooklyn To Death

Posted by on August 20, 2009

Our friends at Metal Sucks let us know that there’s going to be a black metal theory symposium at Public Assembly in Brooklyn on December 12. Some of the papers being presented include: “The Counter-Reformation in Stone and Metal: Spiritual Substances” “Black Confessions and Absu-lution” “The light that illuminates itself, the dark that soils itself: blackened notes from Schelling’s […]

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The Miseducation Of Born Of Osiris

Posted by on August 3, 2009

This interview is a week old, but I need to make sure everyone has seen it. Our buddies at MetalSucks interviewed Born Of Osiris, an upcoming bunch of young whippersnappers who apparently have no idea who Fear Factory, Glenn Danzig, Gorgoroth, Susan Boyle or Barbara Bush are. Oh, to be young. [Via MetalSucks]

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Lars Ulrich Vs. Scott Ian Vs. Dave Mustaine

Posted by on July 30, 2009

It’s been one hell of a summer for band feuds, and between Fear Factory, Anthrax/Dan Nelson and Ozzy/Zakk, you can imagine my exhaustion. I’m just too worn out from all this to process some press-driven drama about Scott Ian spreading rumors to Dave Mustaine about Lars Ulrich possibly nearly being kicked out of Metallica over […]

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Iron Maiden/The Monkees Mashup Is Actually Not Terrible

Posted by on July 24, 2009

This is one of the best random genre mashups we’ve heard. Thanks Metal Sucks! [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7bAuzNTIBs&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]

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Not Crab-core, Just “Signature Crouches”

Posted by on July 20, 2009

The above caption, taken from a New York Times profile of the crab-core, screamo-crunk-autotune-infested 2009 Warped Tour, is great on so many levels. Who is this Jon Caramanica, and why is a credible establishment like the New York Times hiring someone who takes this shit seriously? I’ve been trying to write about this growing phenomenon […]

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