The Metalsucks Podcast

Sam Vallen of Caligula’s Horse joins the podcast this week! We discuss the latest album Charcoal Grace coming out January 26 and how this is the end of the band's longest gap between albums. We also chatted about how they worked through writer’s block, how they stayed genuine to the thematic presence in the new album, and the excitement behind their upcoming North American tour. Well, that and a whole lot more. Petar and Brandon discuss Cannibal Corpse going into the dog collar business, Kerry King stating his new band is an extension of Slayer in many ways, Mike Portnoy almost sharing the stage with Nickelback, and Code Orange canceling their upcoming North American tour. Song: Caligula’s Horse “Golem” Song: Caligula’s Horse “The Stormchaser” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's the first MetalSucks Podcast episode of 2024 and we've got the voice of the mighty Lucifer, Johanna Platow Andersson, back on the show! In this episode, we discuss the band's recent tour in the United States with Coven, the cost associated with touring internationally in the current world, and how things may change for US bands touring Europe. We also get down to talking about the writing formula that's worked for Lucifer, how it's been working together with the same lineup over the last few records, the attention to detail that has always been vital for Lucifer. We even learn which regional animal puts the fear of God in her. Petar and Sylvia discuss a recent study showing fans of heavy music lie to their physicians, Corey Taylor choosing to take a mental health break and canceling his upcoming solo tour, and Rage Against The Machine calling it before completing the reunion tour commitments. Song: Lucifer “At The Mortuary” Song: Lucifer “Slow Dance In A Crypt” Learn more about your ad choices. Vi

It's finally here. The final episode of 2023. As such, we share our top five albums of the year and chat with some of the artists that made them. Misha Manor of Periphery, James McBain of Hellripper, and Him from Sermon all join the podcast. So come on and join us as we countdown what we feel are the five best albums of the year and play some of 2023's most memorable songs in heavy music. Song: Periphery “Atropos” Song: Periphery “Wildfire” Song: Green Lung “Mountain Throne” Song: Green Lung “One For Sorrow” Song: Hellripper “Warlocks Grims and Withered Hags” Song: Hellripper “The Nuckelavee” Song: Dying Fetus  “Unbridled Fury” Song: Dying Fetus “Compulsion For Cruelty” Song: Sermon  “Royal” Song: Sermon “Golden” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week we start our two part episode on our favorite 15 albums of 2023, a year that truly delivered the goods when it comes to our favorite genres of music. The episode features in depth interviews with the artists on the albums that moved us like no other, six artists join the podcast this week, and tracks off every record as we count down from number 15 all the way to our number one. Listen and find out what made the cut and maybe even find something amazing you may have missed this year! Fuming Mouth - “I’ll Find You” Rancid - “New American” Domkraft - “SlowBurner” Uada - Crepuscule Natura Insominum - "Godforsaken" Featuring Johanna Kurkela Enslaved - "Forest Dweller" WillHaven - "Diablito" Horrendous - “Cult of Shaad’oah” Bell Witch - "The Clandestine Gate" Baroness - "Last Word" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Before we unleash our 15 favorite albums of the year in a two-part episode featuring interviews and music galore, we decided to reach out to the most important part of this show — its fans! Handpicked from email correspondence throughout 2023, our guests this week have a unique and great passion for the music of the year and the scene.  First we have the reason that I decided to get the fan’s involved in the show and his name is Chad Pabianek. His email was asking me how I select my favorite albums of the year and I answered but also gave him the tall task this year to weave through the great albums to pick just one. Next we have J. Clark, a listener that's been with the show since its inception and a true lifer of the power of this music and scene. After him, James Murray gives us a truly intelligent breakdown of the year in heavy music and region he holds close to his heart by putting a focus and spotlight on the heavy music world in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Lastly, Amit Elisha, I am so sorry for mispron

Tool bassist Justin Chancellor and Peter Mohamed of Sweet Noise join our show this week to discuss the second album from their project MTVoid, we discuss returning to the project, the joy of creating music through file sharing, the conceptual team that create the music video for “MaBeLu,” all the collaborators that mad contributions to the songs on the album, the lyrical technique that was used on the record, and why a project like MTVoid is helps Chancellor grow as a bass player. Petar and Jozalyn discuss The Black Dahlia Murder entering the studio to record their first record after the passing of Trevor Strand, Madi Watkins of Year Of The Knife back to creating music six months after the brutal van crash, and if there is any real interest in David Lee Roth and Sammy Hagar sharing a stage to celebrate Van Halen. Song: MTVoid “Drop-Out” Featuring. Isabel Munoz-Newsome (Pumarosa) Song: MTVoid “Propagtor” Featuring Aric Improta (Night Verses, Ex- Fever 333) Song: Tortuga “Lilith” Learn more about your a

Dying Wish vocalist Emma Foster is our guest this week on The MetalSucks Podcast. In our chat, we discuss her band’s current North American tour and their second album Symptoms of Survival. Emma also lets us know how the new songs are going over in a live setting, the importance of booking the tour to land at home for Thanksgiving, the challenge of staying healthy while traveling through extreme weather, and some of the challenges of keeping healthy routines on the road. Aside from our music discussion, we also chat about her being a life long NBA fan, which players she's supporting, and Nikola Jokic’s reaction of winning the NBA title being relatable for a touring band. Petar and Brandon discuss all the amazing new music the dropped this week, Bring Me The Horizon cancelling a performance mid show for the right reasons, Laura Jane Grace’s social media post on Jay Weinberg getting let go from Slipknot, the comic book created for the 30th anniversary of Type O Negative’s Bloody Kisses, and the musician who

The great Devin Townsend returns to The MetalSucks Podcast this week, as he celebrates the 25th anniversary re-release of Infinity. In this episode, we discuss topics like how he feels looking back on his music catalog, the science behind releasing singles to the masses, how he defines compromise when it comes to his art, and the conversation he would have with himself 25 years ago. Naturally, the conversation also covers his thoughts and defense of the limits of AI, and some thoughts about how he may present his latest creation The Moth to the world. Petar and Sylvia discuss her recently getting married, Jay Weinberg parting ways with Slipknot, if we feel there will be a lot more music from Slipknot in the future or they are going to be more like SOAD, Kerry King announcing his solo project, and our thoughts on if he should play Slayer songs live anymore. Song: Devin Townsend “Christeen” Song: Devin Townsend “Noisy Pink Bubbles” Song: Unprocessed “Blackbone” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit po

Our guest for The MetalSucks Podcast is none other than Sharon den Adel of Within Temptation! During our chat, we discuss the band’s latest album Bleed Out, as well as their decision to release a majority of it in a single format, starting their own label, and some of the roles they’re taking on by releasing the album independently. Sharon also shares details about the time she met Peter Steele of Type O Negative, what it was like releasing the NSFW video for the track “Ritual,” Iron Maiden legend Steve Harris watching the band nightly, why they release instrumental versions of their tracks, and the importance of investing culture in our society. During the news section, Petar and Jozalyn discuss Sharon Osbourne blaming the end of Ozzfest on ‘greedy managers,’ Rage Against The Machine officially getting inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Metallica taking on bootleg merch vendors, and the tragedy that occurred during this year’s Headbangers Boat Cruise. Song: Within Temptation “Shed my Skin

This week, Doc Coyle is back on the show! During our chat, we discuss all his projects, including the latest opus from Bad Wolves Die About It. We also chat about the vinyl reissue of the classic God Forbid album IV: Constitution of Treason and his voice in the scene with The Ex-Man Podcast. Other topics of discussion include escapism through entertainment and how that can be detrimental if not checked on occasion, our thoughts on having to be more than human as an entertainer to get noticed, and where Constitution of Treason stands in his opinion regarding God Forbes’s catalog. Naturally, we also talk about Bad Wolves and the challenges thatband encountered during the Dear Monsters record cycle, and why Die About It is a very important record to the future of Bad Wolves. Petar goes solo this week and answers a fan’s question on what is the best year of music in the 1990’s according to him, what tragic event changed everything for popular heavy music in that decade, and why that year will always stand abov

This week's episode of The MetalSucks Podcast is a special one, as we've got John Gallagher of modern death metal icons Dying Fetus as our guest! In our discussion, we chat about the first week sales success of the band’s latest offering Make Them Beg For Death and the upcoming North American tour. We also discuss how he had to be forced to take guitar lessons by his mother in his youth, the need to keep Dying Fetus' integrity intact with fans, his favorite shirt design through all the years of creating merch, as well as the one shirt design that may have been a “stinker.” the one topic he thinks is TOO MUCH for a Dying Fetus song, and their recent experience renting a bus from a new vendor during the summer European Tour. Petar and Brandon discuss the grossness of Aaron Lewis playing with dead things for political purposes, Dave Lombardo’s comments on Slayer being the best band on the Big Four thrash bands, Ozzy’s revelations that he peed on himself while performing live, and Korn teaming up with Adidas f

Film, television, stage actor Michael C. Hall (Dexter, Six Feet Under) joins us this week with his bandmates Matt Katz-Bohen and Peter Yanowitz to celebrate their project Princess Goes and the release of their debut album Come Of Age. During our chat, we discussed the band's use of additional instruments that had an impact on the album, the importance of keeping the lyric and chorus writing process mysterious, and what they learn when performing songs live. The conversation also explored what it was like participating in meet and greets on the latest tour, giving creative control to the visual artist that created the album artwork and music videos, and what it was like working with equipment including a 100 year old piano and a discarded synthesizer. Petar and Jozalyn discuss the importance of art in modern times, what our definition of modern art is, how it has changed throughout our lifetime, and why consuming it is vital to us all. Song: Princess Goes “Take Me Home” Song: Princess Goes “Shimmer” So

Get them snapping fingers ready, because we got Tommy Victor of Prong on the podcast this week to celebrate the release of State of Emergency. During our chat, we discuss the band's recent push in releasing five albums in five years after taking a creative break. Tommy also riffs on his preference to write everything himself, how his values in life have changed after becoming a father, and his excitement level of playing classic Prong albums in their entirety. We also enter a bit of a philosophical conversation about feeling a bit disconnected to people who need instant gratification in life, what tools of modern live performances he prefers to avoid, and how important it was to be respectful to older musicians when he was coming up in the scene. Petar and Sylvia discuss Doc Coyle of Bad Wolves calling out the online attack and boycott efforts on Thy Art Is Murder after they replaced vocalist CJ McMahon, and how we are in love with the idea of Primus, Puscifer, and A Perfect Circle concept behind the Sessa

’68 frontman Josh Scogin is our guest this week on The MetalSucks Podcast! We discuss the new album Yes And… that is out right now, including how its title is based on the improv technique and how improv plays a part in the band’s music and live performance. Apart from the new music, we also discuss his preferred method to address confrontation in modern times, how to adapt to conversations where people that you disagree with see you as an enemy, and the problem with presenting facts from unreliable sources to win arguments. There's also some chat about frustrating moments during the pandemic and touring with Thrice as they celebrate the 20th anniversary of The Artist and The Ambulance. Petar and Sylvia discuss the “On The Road Again” program by Live Nation, the response by NIVA on what this will do to independent music venues, Greg Puciato’s claims on the money on the table for a Dillinger Escape Plan reunion, Ben Weinman shooting this claims down as false and hinting at some possible tension between its

Carnifex vocalist Scott Ian Lewis is our guest this week! We discuss their latest album Necromanteum, if he revisits the back catalog on a regular basis, the album fan’s love that he isn’t sold on, the therapy of heavy music for the band and fans, the importance of looking for a deeper meaning in all art, if he feels fan’s are loyal to any streaming services, his thoughts on if film has lost the battle of being art, the honor code bands and fans have in the music industry not reflecting those that run it, companies with the most power continually running at a loss, and why unionizing the music industry may not be possible in modern times. Petar and Brandon discuss the whirlwind of Chris McMahon getting let go by Thy Art Is Murder, how he found out he was no longer in the band, certain peers like Ronnie Radke taking sides with him, and our thoughts on how the split was handled. Song: Carnifex “Necromanteum” Song: Carnifex “Death’s Forgotten Children” feat. Tom Barber of Chelsea Grin Song: Nervosa “Jail

Vidar Landa of the mighty Kvelertak is our guest for this week’s episode of The MetalSucks Podcast! During our chat, we discuss the band’s journey to create their fifth album Endling and go over some of the folklore and stories that inspired the songs — some of which include the celebration that would follow funerals in older times. We also discuss why gathering together is very important for the entire human race, how consuming the same popular media is having a positive effect on society, and why it’s so important to stick to what you know in a live setting for rock and metal bands. Petar and Sylvia discuss Flotsam and Jetsam being honest about why they are canceling their North American run in September, Corey Taylor stating he’s in constant pain while traveling on the road, how difficult it is to continue in aggressive music after a certain age, and Steve Harris’s comments of Iron Maiden’s focus on quality touring over quantity. Song: Kvelertak “Krøtervag Te Helvete” Song: Kvelertak “Endling” Song

Gina Gleason of Baroness is our guest on this special half episode! We're here to celebrate yesterday's release of the new Baroness album Stone. During our chat, we also discuss her experience in Philly during last years Super Bowl, the DIY approach they took to create music videos for Stone, and how the creative process can’t benefit from extra time.  Our conversation also shifted to her experience changing between creating Gold & Grey compared to Stone, the importance of evolving the sound of a heavy music act, their upcoming tour across North America, and plans of touring for the next year. Song: Baroness “Shine” Song: Graveyard “Twice” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We know you want to know everything he's thinking, so we got the man himself — Corey Taylor is our guest on The MetalSucks Podcast! He's got a new solo album CMF2 coming out this Friday, September 15 and he's gonna tell us all about his growth as a solo artist. During our chat, we discuss his experience writing about his wife and the request she gave him. The conversation also turns to the reason he abandoned social media five years ago and how he's handled it since, and why he feels modern society and AI are a destructive relationship. We also talk about his son's musical career in the band Vended and how proud he is. Naturally, Slipknot came up so we discussed the tentative release date for the iconic band's long lost album and what fans should expect musically. And how he looks back on some of the strangest and sometimes dangerous situations his younger self was in. Petar and Sylvia discuss Sharon and Kelly Osbourne’s reveal of Ozzy being heartbroken over canceling the Power Trip Concert, Chris Fronz

Josh Middleton from Sylosis is our guest this week! In this episode, we discuss their new album The Sign Of Things To Come, how important album reviews were for him finding albums in his youth, reading album booklets from cover to cover as a fan, how he has grown as a lyricist through the years, and social media being a part of the job for modern artists. We also find out what profession Josh would have chosen if it wasn’t music, the upcoming tour being the first tour Sylosis has done since 2016, and the new platform that will help them know where to tour in the current climate. Petar and Jozalyn discuss Nick Oliveri’s top 10 punk rock songs for the apocalypse, what our apocalypse playlist would consist of, and Metallica’s “Nothing Else Matters” reaching one billion streams on Spotify. Song: Sylosis “Deadwood" Song: Sylosis “A Sign Of Things To Come” Song: Empire State Bastard “Harvest” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

“Conan” Gonzalez of Exmortus is back on the show! We discuss the five year break between records for Exmortus, fighting the depression of being unable to perform shows during the pandemic, finding the new inspiration through that break, being a guitar teacher and the age that he thinks is best to learn the craft, the time needed to be able to play video games, and our thoughts on potential shoe deals for heavy metal bands. Petar and Jozalyn discuss Tim “Ripper” Owens being surprised he wasn’t asked to be at the Rock ’N’ Roll Hall of fame induction of Judas Priest and David Draiman wanting to collaborate with Taylor Swift. Song: Exmortus “Beyond The Grave” Song: Exmortus “Mind of Metal” Song: Marc Hudson “Starboard Stories” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices