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Accept – Too Mean to Die Label: Nuclear Blast Release Date: January 29, 2021 After the nightmare debacle that has been 2020, what the world needs to kickstart 2021 is a massive headbanging, riff-centric metal album, and few bands can…

By now you’ve read two dozen intro paragraphs about how bad a year 2020 was. Well, bad news, this is another one of those. You’ve also read them talk about how heavy metal was a shining ray of light cutting through the dark. Well, good/bad…

When I was a young man my mother used to say, “when life gives you lemons, make lemonade.” In fairness. I was a pretty angsty teen, so my usual response was, “I’m drowning in lemonade, Mom.” 2020 has felt a lot like swimming in an ocean of…

Greg Puciato, who recently debuted the performance-meets-recording film Fuck Content, has made both the video and its audio companion available (audio via Bandcamp: Gregpuciato.bandcamp.com; video: https://bit.ly/3gZkNAW) with wider…

We at Metal Nation do not think anyone would argue that 2020 has been a complete dumpster fire. The pandemic has altered the landscape of our everyday life around the globe. From lockdowns and supply shortages, to wearing masks and social…

Enigmatic dark metal outfit DEATHWHITE has shared a brand new video for the title track of their latest album, Grave Image. The video, which was made by Guilherme Henriques, is available HERE. https://youtu.be/IGVjMCn5BM8 Comments the…

As the year comes to a close, modern metal's busiest band, JINJER, are going out with one last huge bang with a surprise video release for the fan favorite track “Home Back”, the seventh single taken from their critically acclaimed studio…

IMMORTAL GUARDIAN, the progressive/power metal quartet hailed by MetalSucks as “seriously epic”, has unveiled a music video for “Lockdown”, the second single from their forthcoming concept album Psychosomatic. The clip, which showcases the…

I had a few long paragraphs typed out where I rambled on a bit about 2020, trying to make sense of all the crazy shit that has happened in my life this year.  But I just ended up deleting it because I’m so goddamned tired of 2020.  I’m…

It all begins and ends here, doesn’t it? Where would we without our metal gravity blankets after a year like this? While it certainly wasn’t the way I wanted to come about more free time, the last nine months have given me the gift of…