Dying Wish Show at The Vets Hall
As part of their tour, Dying Wish made a stop here in Santa Cruz to perform at the Vets Hall with bands Omerta, Gates to Hell, Excide, and Forced To Suffer on October 20th 2023! The opening band was Forced…
Album Review: I Disagree by Poppy
Written by Sabine Hovnanian I Disagree As someone who dives deep into the pool of metal music, I never expected to enjoy an album as much as Poppy’s I Disagree. I had always been a fan of her music,…
Beat Banter: Christian Hell
Story and Interview by Ben Goldstein I happened upon Hong Kong Fuck You when they shared a bill with Machine Girl Christmas 2019. And thank fuck I did then because their three releases the following year pretty much got…
Artist Spotlight: Aethyriem
Story and Interview by DJ Pierce A couple weeks ago, I had the opportunity to interview two members of the band, Aethyriem, a local alt-metal band based in Scotts Valley, California. During the interview, I spoke with Zélee Sharnée, an 20-year-old…
LOUD ROCK OCTOBER CHARTS
The spookiest season of the year is here! Perfect time for some charts of the best Loud Rock albums that have come out recently or are coming out soon! Blow out your eardrums and headbang along to these tasty new jams... Neurosis -…
Bay Area Black Metal Band Cormorant Streaming New Album “Earth Diver”
Cormorant, a little known but massively talented quartet from the Bay Area, have just released their newest album "Earth Diver", and Metal Sucks has an exclusive full album stream of the incredible record! In case you've never heard of Cormorant,…
Brootalisk’s Top Ten Loud Rock Albums of 2013
When each year is over, I'm always at a loss for how to summarize what a phenomenal year it's been for metal, and 2013 was no different. It was the first year ever that a metal album was named the…
Loud Rock Concerts in November
Raise your Satan Horns, because IT'S TIME TO ROCK! There is a Thanksgiving bounty of ridiculously good shows lined up in November, including one in Santa Cruz! Thee Parkside in San Francisco on November 7th: Doors @ 9:00pm - Scale the…
Late June Loud Rock News
End of June's New & Good Loud Rock on KZSC: 1 Deceiver Of The Gods Metal Blade 2 SPIRITS OF THE DEAD Rumours Of A Presence The End 3 PHILIP H. ANSELMO AND THE ILLEGALS "Usurper Bastard's Rant" [Single] Housecore…
Loud Rock Charts: 5/28
How rad are three-day weekends? Instead of putting off work until Sunday, everyone gets an extra day to regret not doing a single productive thing. Now that you're well rested, you can check out this week's new music! Remember The…
Intronaut Vocalist Sacha Dunable Discusses New Album, New Tour, New…Dolphin T-Shirts?
As one of the quickest risers in metal right now, Intronaut has been maintaining a very healthy fan base and a very solid discography. Recently, they added to that collection with Habiutal Levitations (Instilling Words with Tones), and apparently it was…
A Critical Analysis of the Summer Slaughter Butthurt
On the fateful day of Friday March 22nd, a dramatic event that has shaken and reverberated across the entire metal community occurred: the line up at this years Summer Slaughter Festival was announced. Hordes upon hordes of furious metal…
Between the Buried and Me Bassist Dan Brigss Talks New Tour, New Band & Album
I recently was given the opportunity to chat with the bassist from progressive metal giant Between the Buried and Me. Below you can read highlights of our conversation in which we cover Russian Circles, Dan's new band Trioscapes and even…
Between the Buried and Me’s Newest Album Teases With Some Sexy Foreplay But Will Never Call Back
When Between the Buried and Me came to San Francisco for Summer Slaughter, I had the great fortune to sit down with Dan Briggs and Dustie Waring. Of course, one of the main things we discussed in detail was their…
Interview with BTBAM’s Dan Briggs and Dustie Waring
With the passing of summer comes a slew of records coming from the some of the biggest names in metal. Converge, Neurosis, Devin Townsend Project, and Deftones all have new albums that sound very promising, but they're not quite as…
Interview with The Contortionist’s Jonathan Carpenter
Every now and then, a band comes along that just blows everyone out of the water with each musical piece that they write. Right now, that band is The Contortionist. I recently got a chance to sit down (or rather,…
Interview with Baroness’ Peter Adams
Sometimes I wonder how I've gotten so lucky to be able to interview some of the greatest musicians in the metal scene. Peter Adams of Baroness is no exception. They're arguably the most successful group to have combined progressive elements…
Interview with Chris Letchford of Scale the Summit
Recently I got a chance to interview Chris Letchford of Scale the Summit, it was a great opportunity to learn more about him and the band.