Posted by Pure Grain Audio
Nov 20.09 | New Jersey progressive death metallers The Binary Code have released the track listing and artwork for their highly-anticipated debut album, 'Suspension of Disbelief', which is slated for a digital-only release through MetalSucks.

Engineered by Paulie Cutri & The Binary Code’s own Jesse Zuretti (who also handles the band's design and artwork), the record is due to drop December 15, 2009, and features a bang-up mixing job courtesy of Kevin Antreassian (Number Twelve Looks Like You, Knife the Glitter). more...

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Nov 20.09 | Poland’s masters of modern technical death metal Decapitated are back. To open the new chapter in the band’s history, Decapitated will embark on a co-headlining U.K. tour with label mates Kataklysm in February 2010 with the following line-up: Rafal Piotrowski – Vocals; Waclaw “Vogg” Kieltyka – Guitars; Filip “Henrich” Halucha – Bass; Kerim “Krimh” Lechner – Drums. more...

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Nov 20.09 | Former M.O.D./S.O.D. frontman Billy Milano joined Municipal Waste on stage at Red 7 in Austin, Texas on November 12, 2009 to perform a version of the S.O.D. classic "United Forces". Check out the footage below.

Drummer Dave Witte had the following to say about the collaboration: “S. more...

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Nov 20.09 | Metal Blade Records is pleased to announce the signing of extreme modern metal act System Divide, featuring Sven De Caluwe (Aborted) and Miri Milman (ex-Distorted) on vocals, Cole Martinez (ex-Years Of Fire, Antenora) and Joseph Spiller (ex-The Binary Code) on guitars, Andrew Lenthe (Antenora) on bass, and Mike Heller (Malignancy) on drums. more...

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Nov 20.09 | Los Angeles’ female-fronted progressive metal band Echoes of Eternity, whose sophomore album recently debuted on the Billboard Top New Artist “Heatseeker’s” chart at #134, comments on the band’s upcoming tour dates with label mates Hammerfall from Sweden:

“We're really excited to get on the road with the legendary Hammerfall. more...

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Nov 20.09 | Abraxas, the new death metal band featuring Makoto Mizoguchi (Pyrexia, Hate Eternal) on guitar and bass, Mike Hrubovcak (Monstrosity, Vile) on vocals and Lance Wright (Vile) on drums, will see the release of its debut EP, 'Wretched Existence', on December 15th via Relapse Records. more...

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Nov 20.09 | Leiana has posted the song “Suffer” featuring guest appearances by Rob Caggiano (Anthrax) and John Tempesta (The Cult, White Zombie) online at www.myspace.com/leiana. The track appears on Leiana’s new album, 'Lucky #3', which lands in stores on February 23rd, 2010. more...

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Nov 20.09 | As reported on Cinema-Suicide.com, Exodus frontman Rob Dukes will be collaborating with Terminal Press on the upcoming zombie anthology comic Zombie Bomb!, edited by Adam Miller and Rich Woodall. Nuclear Blast USA caught up with Dukes on the eve of the band entering the studio to record the follow-up to 2007’s 'The Atrocity Exhibition: Exhibit A' to ask a few questions. more...

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Nov 20.09 | Is it just me or has France been absolutely phenomenal lately with their metal?  French black metallers WAY TO END is the next beast to arise, and their latest, Desecrated Internal Journey, expands evil into unimaginable dimensions.  And that by all means is not an understatement.  The band has such a unique train of thought [. more...

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Nov 20.09 | Last week one of you accused us of being a “bunch of negative miserable fucks.” I can only assume that this person had never been to this site before, and was somehow unaware that it’s called “MetalSucks.” Still, this was probably the best worst week ever, because: Devin Townsend took over our site for a day! more...

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Nov 20.09 | Chicago-based rock violinist and advocate for freedom of all kinds Emilie Autumn has extended her inaugural U.S. Asylum tour in support of the recent release of the Deluxe Edition release of her seminal album 'Opheliac' on The End Records. Her not-to-be-missed two hour plus live show is an extravagant event involving music, burlesque, fire, trapeze, stilt-walking, all performed on an impressively elaborate set, handmade by Emilie herself. more...

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Nov 20.09 | Oh boy oh boy. We’re getting closer to the release of The Binary Code’s Suspension of Disbelief, which MetalSucks will sell in a digital-only format for a whopping five bucks starting December 15. Now we can share with you the cover art, which was designed by guitarist Jesse Zuretti (who also created this awesome MetalSucks [. more...

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Nov 20.09 | Symphonic rock outfit Within Temptation will release a forthcoming live album, 'An Acoustic Night at the Theatre', due out December 15. The release will be available via all digital music providers, while physical copies will be available exclusively at the newly-launched Roadrunner Records web store, more...

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Nov 20.09 | Well, I guess Alice in Chains can’t hit a home run every time. The metal-related iPhone apps thus far – or, at least the ones I’ve seen – have, by and large, sucked. Oddly enough, Metallica, who haven’t released too many products worth owning this (or last) decade, have the best ones: their Live Metallica and [. more...

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Nov 20.09 |

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"The elusive beast known as Giant Squid is taking a little breather after an exhausting national tour last August in support of 'The Ichthyologist,'" singer/guitarist Aaron Gregory told Noisecreep. more...