Podcast MetalSucks

Grutle Kjellson of Enslaved joins us this week! We discuss the Cinematic Universe Boxset that was released celebrating their livestreams in 2020, performing social distanced concert in large venues, how new album Heimdal has a very introverted feel to the songwriting, taken live music for granted prior to the pandemic, the difficult on touring that…

This week on The MetalSucks Podcast, we've got Katatonia frontman Jonas Renkse behind the mic as our guest! In this jam-packed episode, we discuss the creation of the band's album Sky Void of Stars coming this Friday. We also chat about his habit of trying to read as much news as possible and how he had to change that habit during the pandemic, hav…

appy New Year, everyone! We're back with a bang and starting off 2023 with none other than Obituary’s Donald Tardy! He joins us at the perfect time, as the band is set to release its first record in six years, The Dying of Everything. With that in mind, we discussed how having their own studio since 2007 has changed how the create music, what sport…

It’s finally here. The very last MetalSucks Podcast for 2022 and the end of the line for one hell of a year. To celebrate, we’re unveiling this year’s Top 5 Albums and explain they made such an impact on us. We’ve also got interviews with four of the five artists behind those records, where we chat about the making of, the impact, and what it’s lik…

One of our favorite times of the year is finally here! Yes, it's time for us at The MetalSucks Podcast to share the collection of bands and music that's been the soundtrack for 2022. Though you're gonna have to listen to the episode to find out what we've chosen, we're willing to give you these hints: there will be one non-metal arena-filling act o…

This week, we’re joined by the one and only Tarja Turunen on The MetalSucks podcast! In our discussion, we chat about her getting to handpick the songs on her “Best Of” compilation album, why she included video of a recent live performance with that album, and the timeframe for her next solo release. We also discuss what it was like doing her annua…

This week, we've got Candlemass' inexorable frontman Johan Längqvist on The MetalSucks Podcast! During our chat, we discuss following up his successful return album The Door To Doom, the songs he heard on a jukebox that made him want to be a musician, and the how the recent tour in the States went for the band. Johan also shared the story of gettin…

Travis Stever of Coheed and Cambria joins us this week to talk about his latest project L.S. Dunes. Thoughout the rest of the episode we discuss the origin of the project that eventually would become a supergroup, the energy and excitement of all the songs and how important that is to any project, and the story about establishing a link between his…

This week, we have Corrosion of Conformity bassist Mike Dean on the show! During our chat, we discuss their North American tour running all the way until November 27th, performing on Thanksgiving Day this year, celebrating the band's 40th year, and why frequent collaborator and producer John Custer is vital to their sound. We also learn about that …

This week on The MetalSucks Podcast, we've got the one and only Devin Townsend back on the show! This time around, we sat down to discuss his recent effort to use social media to reach out to fans to check in on them, the reality of the modern economy for a mid-level touring band, and how sometimes his creative compulsions go against his fanbase. O…

On this special Halloween edition of The MetalSucks Podcast, we've scared up one Hell of an interview, as we've got the legendary Slayer/Testament/Dead Cross drummer Dave Lombardo back behind the mic! In this week's episode, we chat with the legendary drummer as we discuss his role in helping complete the second Dead Cross album, why it's important…

On this week's edition of The MetalSucks Podcast, we sit down with Lacuna Coil's Cristina Scabbia and Andrea Ferro to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Comalies. In this special episode, we discuss how important that record was for the band when they were starting to reach a larger audience, how an identity of a band comes to fruition, the breakout…

With the weekend ahead of us, we've managed to wrangle Will Ramos, of Lorna Shore, to join us for a very special end of the week episode! In today's episode, we discuss if he remembers when he was taught to ride a bike, the first video game he ever defeated, and his opinion on if he has a good memory. Oh and we also talk about important things too,…

This week on The MetalSucks Podcast, Alter Bridge guitarist Mark Tremonti joins the show! While chatting with our host Petar, the two discuss whether the band's new album Pawns & Kings is influenced by recent world events, the importance of passing down knowledge from each generation, and how the pandemic was a creativity killer for the first six m…

Fresh off the release of Lamb of God's Omens, bassist John Campbell sits down with us for another edition of The MetalSucks Podcast! In this week's episode, Campbell and show host Petar discuss the unique things that can happen during store signings, the various moments of uncertainty whenever change happens within the band, and the difference betw…

Death metal legend Chris Reifert is our guest this week on The MetalSucks Podcast! In this week's episode, Reifert joined host Petar and discussed the unicorn that was GG Allin, what it was like performing right after pandemic restrictions were lifted, how he can over tinker with songs if he allows them to linger without being released, and the new…

In Flames vocalist Anders Fridén is our guest this week on The MetalSucks Podcast! In this episode, we discuss he indulges in American Football when touring the States, how to put together a setlist that won’t disappoint fans after 14 albums, and how the world we entered post-pandemic is somehow more hostile. We also chat with Fridén about the impo…

Guitarist Matteo Di Giola from Destrage is our guest this week on The MetalSucks Podcast! In this exciting episode, we discuss the title of the first single and how he feels he is a part of things that currently suck, how trying to communicate in modern times is too much effort for many people, the decision behind signing to Periphery’s 3DOT record…

Iconic lyricist and frontman Neil Fallon is our guest this week! We discuss the livestream sessions known as the Doom Saloon that was done to celebrate 30 years of the band, why he felt the need not to do streaming performance pre recorded, on how the latest album was a study centric scenario for the band, on focusing more on storytelling when he w…

With Netherheaven crushing skulls everywhere today, Revocation's David Davidson took some time to sit down and have a fun little chat on this bonus episode of The MetalSucks Podcast. In this episode, we discuss the last movie David saw in theaters, the negative reaction he gets about the types of art he loves and how it affects his perception, and …

Electric Callboy vocalists Nico Sallach and Kevin Ratajczak are our guests this week! We discuss the importance of music being a part of culture, their experience of mashing up different styles of music with heavy metal, how YouTube has helped people be more open minded during the pandemic, and how the empathy the youth should get for making it thr…

Nick Holmes of Bloodbath and Paradise Lost is our guest this week! We discuss the concept behind the bloody music video for lead single "Zombie Inferno," the album artwork bringing him back to being in the record store in 1988, the zombie films that infected him when he was 9 years old, and the element of the mystery being lost in modern horror fil…

Morgan Lander of Kittie is our guest this week! We discuss how the When We Were Young Festival started the ball rolling for them to reunite, creating the documentary on the history of the band, the importance of being able to tell their story on there own terms and how the reunion has sparked a renewed interest in the band. Over the course of our d…

Film composer Tyler Bates is back on the show! We discuss his involvement in producing new music and touring with Jerry Cantrell, how performing again after the pandemic was a almost spiritual connection with the fanbase, recruiting the band that would perform on Jerry’s new album Brighten, producing the major label debut for Starcrawler, all the d…

Film Composer and Musical Icon Danny Elfman is our guest this week! We discuss the remix and reimagined album Bigger. Messier coming out August 12th, the importance of being curious when creating a remix album with other artists, the sequencing of the remix album being lead be music opposed to Big Mess, why he felt he needed to create his own deadl…