by Bram Teitelman | Nov 2, 2012 | Sad News
It’s an unfortunate side effect of anyone’s untimely death, especially when they’re famous – before the body even cools, speculation starts about what the cause of death was. And while the tragedy of Suicide Silence frontman Mitch...
by Bram Teitelman | Nov 1, 2012 | In Memoriam, Sad News
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aG1GeyTmZCI&feature=share&list=PLB2AE12E77730706D[/youtube] Suicide Silence have released a statement confirming frontman Mitch Lucker’s death via their Facebook page. We’ve also included a clip from the...
by Bram Teitelman | Oct 10, 2012 | In Memoriam, Sad News
While details are still sketchy, Sons of Azrael vocalist Joe Siracuse has died at the age of 29. The Buffalo death metal band had been on Ironclad/Metal Blade since 2006. Sons of Azrael are no strangers to tragedy. Last year, the band’s guitarist Tony Lorenzo...
by Bram Teitelman | Sep 11, 2012 | Sad News
The rumbles began this morning, after Metal Sucks rumored that influential post-hardcore label Hydra Head Records was rumored to be closing. Sadly, it was confirmed earlier today by a post on Hydra Head’s blog – after December, the label will exist only to...
by Zach Shaw | Aug 29, 2012 | Current Events, Sad News
And yet again metal is getting attached to a horrific event. This past Monday (August 27), a 15 year-old opened fire in the cafeteria of a suburban Baltimore high school, shooting one classmate and critically wounding another before a teacher stopped the attack. And...
by Zach Shaw | Aug 6, 2012 | Festivals, Sad News
Yet another edition of the Wacken Open Air festival concluded this past weekend. While most of the attendees experienced a great weekend of metal, tragedy did struck as one attendee passed away at the German festival. The emergency medical service on hand gave the...