The MetalSucks Podcast

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...

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 experien...

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...

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 woul...

“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 de...

This week on The MetalSucks Podcast, we welcome Metalocalypse creator Brendon Small to the show! And if you've been following his work lately, you know we have so much to discuss, including Dethklok’s Dethalbum IV and the new feature film Metalocalypse: Army of the Doomstar. Also we discuss the upcoming tour with Babymetal and if he has any jitters taking the stage. We also chat about his passion...

Maurizio Iacono of Kataklysm is back on the show for a bonus episode! We're here to discuss all things Goliath, the band's latest album, which is out right now via Nuclear Blast Records. During our chat, we also discuss what it was like releasing their previous album Unconquered in the middle of the pandemic, being one of the first bands to tour the United States coast to coast after the pandemic,...

Better Lovers axeman Jordan Buckley is joining us this week on The MetalSucks Podcast! In this week's episode, we discuss the ritual of sleeping and listening to episodes of Forensic Files, his thoughts on the upcoming football season and the potential of his team the Buffalo Bills, and his thoughts on a possibly questionable move by QB Josh Allen in a golfing event. Since this isn't a sports podc...

For the 500th episode of The MetalSucks Podcast, we got Jesse Shreibman and Dylan Desmond of Bell Witch on the show! With their 83 minute epic Future’s Shadow Part 1: The Clandestine Gate released earlier this year, we discuss what it takes to write a song at this length, what instrument doesn’t stand out to open the composition, letting the notes and instrumentation breathe for effect, and the th...

Fernanda Lira of Crypto is back on the show and she's here to celebrate Crypta's second album Shades of Sorrow. coming out August 4. During our chat, we discuss why writing the debut album  proved to be more challenging than its follow up, how important it was to find the right identity for the project, and some of the major issues bands are facing with high costs and how it effects touring. Speak...

Lajon Witherspoon of Sevendust is our guest this week! We are here to celebrate their 14th studio album Truth Killer coming out July 28. We also perspective that came after the pandemic, the Huntridge Theater in Las Vegas being a hub for heavy music in the late 90’s, how Sevendust feels about releasing new music to the fans, which songs he feel are the most difficult to revisit for him, touring to...

This week on The MetalSucks Podcast, we’ve got none other than Austin Haines from Outer Heaven on the show this week! During our chat, we discuss his love for the Alien film franchise, how it may have the best sequel of any series, and how the world create on their new album Infinite Psychic Depths is a prequel to their previous one. We also chat about the album’s artwork, how the band’s two full...

Oxbow frontman Eugene S. Robinson is our guest this week! We discuss the new record Love’s Holiday coming out July 21, how his lyrical approach changed on the new album, approaching his vocals in an almost live format while in studio, and why he's always been fascinated with artists that have proven to be troublesome humans. We also talk about becoming a father and how he this has made him view hi...

Nita Strauss is back on the show! We are here to celebrate her second solo album “The Call of the Void” coming out this Friday, July 7 and as such, we discuss the patience she had to show prior to getting the album released, how the pieces came together to get David Draiman of Disturbed to guest on the album, returning to the road with her solo project last year supporting Black Label Society, and...

Madeleine Liljestam and Rikard Ekberg of Eleine joined us on this week's episode of The MetalSucks Podcast! We discuss their new album We Shall Remain coming out July 14, the mindset that they were in during the recording of their previous album Dancing In Hell, the surprise diagnosis Madeleine received during the pandemic, how important the fans on their Patreon were during that time and now. We...

On this week's MetalSucks Podcast, we've got Fascination Street Studio Founder Jens Bogren on the show!  During our discussion, we chat about his and Ihsahn’s course at URM Academy “How It’s Done” available until July 12th, why he decided to put together a step by step course, and how much of the actually course was scripted. Of course, we had to have a deeper discussion about his experience in th...

This week's edition of The MetalSucks Podcast features Mlny Parsonz of Royal Thunder! In our discussion, we discuss the band's first album in over five years Rebuilding The Mountain, the ability to shake off negativity before a performance, having extra time to write and record being good and bad at times, and how the album artworks colors and texture go through the approval process. On a more per...

Fates Warning frontman Ray Alder is our guest for this week's edition of The MetalSucks Podcast! He's here to discuss his latest solo album II, coming out June 9. As such, we discussed when he had time to focus on following up What The Water Wants, why it’s more difficult for him to write music for his solo project as opposed to Fates Warning, and why he decided on calling the record II. We also g...

On this, the Memorial Day episode of The MetalSucks Podcast, we've got Leprous frontman Einar Solberg on the horn! In our interview with him, we discuss his debut solo album 16, out June 2. Our conversation also takes us along what  the writing process was like for the single “Over The Top” and revisit many memories from his formative years, and if he can remember emotions or moments more when loo...

Legendary thrash metal bassist David Ellefson is our guest this week on The MetalSucks Podcast! In our chat, we discussed how his new project Dieth came to be, if there ever was a competitive nature between thrash and death metal bands in the late 80’s, and why Dieth will not be playing on songs from the members previous bands. He also elaborated on how when starting a new project each member's ro...

In this special half episode of The MetalSucks Podcast, we get a quick chat with M. Shadows and Synyster Gates of Avenged Sevenfold! Co-host Sylvia Alvarado got them to sit in on her show at KOMP 92.3 to discuss their latest album Life is But A Dream… coming out on June 2.  During their chat, they discuss how the album is an existential crisis in audio form, why they want to take every possible le...

This week on The MetalSucks Podcast, we’ve got ProgPower USA promoter Milton Mendonca on the show! During our chat, we discuss how he started out as a fan before becoming a promoter, the process of booking bands for a festival, what a possible VISA hike from the United States government would do to bands, and the financial challenges of doing exclusive North American shows.  Like most interviews t...

Dez Fafara of Devildriver is our guest this week on The MetalSucks Podcast! In this episode, we celebrate their new album Dealing With Demons Vol. 2, emoji’s making their way in business communication, the income a band would get for plays 20 years ago compared to today, and younger audiences embracing late 90’s bands. We also talk about what it was like touring with Type O Negative in the early 2...

Burning Witches vocalist Laura Guldemond is our guest this week on The MetalSucks Podcast! We discuss the writing process for their latest record The Dark Tower, the lyrical inspiration that Countess Bathory played, the importance of the comic book style cover art the band strives for with each release, touring on a cruise, getting sea sick and still performing, the importance of social media for...

This week, we've got Cattle Decapitation axeman Josh Elmore as our guest on The MetalSucks Podcast! We discuss what it's like having to answer the same questions in interviews, the process of getting a Cattle Decapitation song passed by all of the band members, and which member sends memes in the group texts. We also talk shop, as he shares his experience touring the European festival circuit last...