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November 13, 2026 will see the official release of US metalcore unit Walls Of Jericho‘ next studio record entitled System Error: Humanity. To taste a first piece of the new music, give a listen to “The Ascent” song.
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Pat Benatar did more than deliver some of the most powerful rock vocals of the late 1970s and 1980s. She helped redefine what a woman could look and sound like in hard rock, backing that image with a voice, catalog, and body of work that still command attention decades later. While creating the Top 10 Pat Benatar Songs list, we were constantly reminded of the impact Pat Benatar had on rock and roll culture. Her arrival at the dawn of the 1980s broke ground for women not because of her role as a female singer, but because of her insistence

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The expanded release includes bonus tracks, alternate artwork, and live footage from Sabaton Open Air 2016

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Angus McSix revealed that their guitarist Thalia Bellazecca aka Thalestris has decided to leave the band due to the growing demands of her life and other musical commitments.
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Back in 2002, Carlos Santana tried to follow up the mega-success of his 1999 comeback blockbuster Supernatural with Shaman, another album where he teamed up with a bunch of that moment’s biggest stars under the watchful eye of Clive Davis, the music-business legend who first signed Santana and who passed away last month. The lead single from Shaman was a song called “The Game Of Love,” and it’s got quite a history.

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With the mercury touching 38 degrees at 10 in the morning, there was a conscious decision to arrive a bit later on day two. The 2pm arrival was just in time to see Norwegian outfit Blood Red Throne bless us with some outstanding death metal at The Altar, before we arrived at the main stage … Continue reading Festival Review: Hellfest 2026 Day 2 – Clisson, France

Rise and shine, suckers! Smokey Goretooth is back again with a new “Do I Suck?,” MetalSucks’ version of “Am I The Asshole?” where we take real life horror stories and bring them to our readers to decide if the OP sucks for some bullshit they may or may not have done.

This week, we have a story from a user calling themselves “Am0rph1sMor0n,” who definitely doesn’t have his own way with words.

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Me and my girlfriend have kinda been going through it lately. Not anything massive concerning or anything like that, we just don’t get to spend as much time together as we used to and we’ve been getting in little fights because of it. We also haven’t gotten dirty with each other in forever, which I think is just making things worse. She’s gotten on me several times in the past for not being the most romantic guy and not doing little stereotypical shit like getting her flowers randomly and stuff, so I figured I’d try it out after a fight we got into this week.

I had flowers sent to her, but I didn’t even think about the fact that there’s a little card that usually goes along with it. I know her and I know that if I didn’t send a card at all that it would probably cause some other turmoil, so part of me was thinking about abandoning the mission all together, but then this one song popped in my head that I got an idea.

“You I Need” by Amorphis came to mind, that introductory keyboard lick got louder and louder in my head and I thought ‘oh, this is a pretty sappy song,’ and I started typing out some of the lyrics in the form of a poem I guess, but chopped and screwed up so it seemed more original. I don’t remember the exact way I reworked it but it was something like:

“I don’t need a bow, I don’t need a sword
I need you to be the guide
My mirror to the sky and sea
I need to have your words
Like a king has his moon
A queen has her sun
You make my song go on”

I have no idea what compelled me to actually hit send, but I did. Not along after everything got delivered, I got the most excited voice note from her (I was in class) probably ever. We finally had sex later that night for the first time in a long time, so I knew I did something right.

The problem is, she knows I don’t use AI or any of that shit, so she thinks this is like a real poem I wrote. She was going on and on to her friends about it, showing them the card and saying how romantic I really am and how she didn’t know I had this “talent for words deep inside me.” She kept saying how she wants me to give her flowers and write her poems more often now. She said she wants “a surprise, but one that comes once a month,” so now I feel all this pressure and I don’t know what to do.

Should I come clean and tell her that, save for me adding in some “my’s” and “you’s,” that those words came from the depths of a Finnish prog band? Or should I just try and keep using song lyrics with a little twist so that she doesn’t figure out I’m just straight copying? We don’t really listen to that much of the same music, and any of the metal she does listen to she says she doesn’t understand what they’re saying anyway so it would probs be pretty easy to get away with.

Do I suck for tricking her like this?

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Well, at least his heart was in the right place? As a woman, I feel like this could DEFINITELY blow up in his face, so I hope he sends an update with the aftermath.

Does “Am0rph1sMor0n” suck for being a love con?

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The full Kiss Kruise programming schedule reveal also includes details on a special pre-show party. Continue reading…

Blackened thrashers Ludgar have premiered “Skull Splitting Sodomy”, the first taste from their debut full-length offering Violent Visions, due out on the 25th of September 2026 via Dying Victims Productions.
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The band will perform ‘Act III’ in full at every show

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