MetalSucks
{{Short description|Heavy metal music-themed news website}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2022}}
{{Infobox website
|name = MetalSucks
|logo = Metal-Sucks-logo.png
|logo_size = 220px
|company_type = Privately held company
|foundation = Brooklyn, New York City, U.S.
{{start date and age|2006|12}}
|founder = Axl Rosenberg (Matt Goldenberg)
Vince Neilstein (Ben Umanov)
|location_city = Brooklyn, New York City
|location_country = U.S.
|area_served = Worldwide
|url = {{URL|http://www.metalsucks.net/}}
|registration = Optional
|launch_date = {{start date and age|2006}}{{cite web |url=https://www.themetalverse.net/the-best-metal-blogs-in-2024/ |title=Best Metal Blogs and Metal News Sites in 2025 |date=2025-01-31 |access-date=2025-05-03 |website=The Metalverse}}
|current_status = Active
|language = English
|website_type = Online newspaper
}}
MetalSucks is an American heavy metal music-themed news website. The site features reviews, interviews, information on the latest metal releases and blog-like posts from the writers, most notably Vince Neilstein and Axl Rosenberg.
History
The website was founded in December 2006 by authors Ben Umanov and Matthew Goldenberg. In a 2012 interview to Invisible Oranges Vince Neilstein (Umanov's pen name) recalled that he and Axl Rosenberg (Goldenberg's pen name) have been friends since childhood, and the blog started as a WordPress site.{{cite web |url=https://www.invisibleoranges.com/blood-of-the-scribe-vince-neilstein-of-metalsucks/ |title=Blood of the Scribe: Vince Neilstein of MetalSucks |website=Invisible Oranges |date=2012-12-19 |access-date=2025-05-03}}{{cite web|url=http://www.MetalSucks.net/about |title=About MetalSucks.net |publisher=MetalSucks |access-date=February 14, 2012}}{{Cite news|url=http://blog.creativelive.com/metalsucks-ben-umanov/|title=How the Co-Founder of MetalSucks Made His Dream Into His Day Job|date=September 3, 2014|work=CreativeLive Blog|access-date=October 30, 2017|language=en-US}}
In, 2009, MetalSucks had leaked the album Axe to Fall by Converge onto the internet prior two weeks before its official release, and had assumed responsibility for doing so.{{cite web|url=http://www.noisecreep.com/2009/10/08/don-t-download-the-leaked-converge-an-open-letter-to-fans/ |title=Don't Download the Leaked Converge: An Open Letter to Fans |publisher=Noisecreep |date=October 8, 2009 |access-date=February 14, 2012}}
=The Metal Suckfest=
In November 2011, MetalSucks organized The Metal Suckfest, a two-day music festival in Gramercy Theatre. It was the first U.S. metal festival organized and co-sponsored by a metal blog.{{cite web |url=https://www.nocleansinging.com/2011/12/08/the-inaugural-metal-suckfest-day-2-11-05-2011/ |title=THE INAUGURAL METAL SUCKFEST, DAY 2 – 11.05.2011 |website=No Clean Singing |access-date=2025-05-03 |date=2011-12-08}}
Municipal Waste and Cynic were announced as headliners,{{cite web |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=162070 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130201084011/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=162070 |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 1, 2013 |title=MUNICIPAL WASTE, CYNIC Confirmed For 'The Metal Suckfest' |publisher=Roadrunnerrecords.com |date=August 16, 2011 |access-date=February 14, 2012 }} with 18 additional artists including Magrudergrind, This Is Hell, All Pigs Must Die, Obscura and other bands performing.{{cite web |url=https://metalinjection.net/tour-dates/metal-suckfest-adds-4-awesome-bands |title=The Metal Suckfest Adds 4 Awesome Bands |first=Robert |last=Pasbani |access-date=2025-05-03 |date=2011-11-12 |website=Metal Injection}}{{cite web |url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/metal-suckfest/ |title=Metal Suckfest adds Today is the Day, Magrudergrind, more |date=2011-08-30 |website=BrooklynVegan |access-date=2025-05-03}}{{cite web |url=https://noisecreep.com/vince-neilstein-of-metalsucks-the-metal-suckfest-interview/ |title=Vince Neilstein of MetalSucks on Their Upcoming Two-Day Concert Festival |date=2011-08-17 |first=Carlos |last=Ramirez |access-date=2025-05-03 |website=Noisecreep}}
=Manifesto=
In 2016, MetalSucks published the MetalSucks Manifesto, a declaration released in November in response to Donald Trump’s presidential victory that reaffirmed their commitment to supporting artists who share the site’s values and to opposing racism, sexism, and other forms of hate within the metal community.{{cite web |title=The MetalSucks Manifesto |website=MetalSucks |date=16 November 2016 |url=https://www.metalsucks.net/2016/11/16/metalsucks-manifesto/}}{{cite web |last=Terich |first=Jeff |title=Shadow of the Horns: Cracked Actors |url=https://www.treblezine.com/33402-shadow-of-the-horns-cracked-actors-best-january-tracks-2017/ |website=Treble |date=January 9, 2017 |access-date=May 3, 2025}}
In 2022, MetalSucks was acquired by entertainment company The Orchard, a subsidiary of Sony.{{Cite web |date=2022-02-16 |title=Toilet Radio 355 – Now Owned By The Orchard Entertainment Group |url=https://toiletovhell.com/toilet-radio-355-now-owned-by-the-orchard-entertainment-group/ |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=The Toilet Ov Hell |language=en-US}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.metalsucks.net/}}
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Category:American entertainment news websites
Category:American music websites
Category:Heavy metal publications
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Category:Magazines established in 2006
Category:Music review websites
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