LOSS of a LEGEND 😢 MOTÖRHEAD intrigue, AI scandal, CRADLE OF FILTH, MARKO HIETALA & more| Metal News
Motorhead prepared something extraordinary in honour of their 50th Anniversary, and we all hope for a big concert in honour of Lemmy to finally happen. Legendary Thin Lizzy, Whitesnake and other bands’ guitarist John Sykes sadly passed away at the age of 65.
Meanwhile Cradle of Filth finally announced the release of their new album The Screaming Of The Valkyries and released the second single from it, and the Sumo AI CEO says that musicians, actually, can’t stand making music.
Legendary Nightwish bassist and vocalist Marko Hietala joined me for an interview and spoke about his duet with Tarja Turunen. New releases by Electric Callboy, Destruction, Killswitch Engage, Dream Theater, Drudkh and much more in the new Metal Digest!
Metal is alive and well, so let’s see what keeps is going today! Here you go!
00:00 – Intro
00:23 – Cradle of Filth and the Valkyries
02:47 – Motörhead For Life
06:01 – The AI scandal
09:39 – Blitz releases (Electric Callboy, Destruction, Killswitch Engage, Dream Theater, Drudkh)
13:00 – Farewell to a legend John Sykes
15:11 – Marko Hietala’s divulgence
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@MetalPilgrim
March 20, 2026 at 12:02 pm
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@elinalahtinen2819
March 20, 2026 at 12:02 pm
Olen häkeltynyt! Idiootti! Siis se joka sanoi, että soittaminen ja musiikin kirjoittamisen täytyy antaa tekoälylle kun opettelu on liian vaikeata. Samalla voimme lopettaa lukemisen ja kirjoittamisen opiskelu kouluissa ja matematiikan myös. Tekoäly osaa laskeakin paremmin. Ja voi kirjoitta puolestamme. Helevetti, mikä älytön väite!
@stevejohnson2284
March 20, 2026 at 12:02 pm
I'm a guitarist, and on the subject of AI music. The only time I remotely don't enjoy playing is waiting for my Marshall tube amp to warm up. Then I remember… Oh yea, that gives me time yo have a beer. Win/win situation. Love the channel. God Bless 🇺🇦. You are in our prayers.
@WW-ef8qz
March 20, 2026 at 12:02 pm
Fuck AI music needs to be hand made and the heart what you put into your music.
@Feanor_666
March 20, 2026 at 12:02 pm
Totally agree with you. AI could do laundry instead of me so I could play bass. Слава Україні!!!!
@patriotpizzaman
March 20, 2026 at 12:02 pm
F AI!
@restojon1
March 20, 2026 at 12:02 pm
Genuine curiosity here, as someone who is interested in (and occasionally butchers) foreign languages, is Markko Hietala's surname really pronounced like… "that"?
Surely if you were to pronounce it in a Anglo-Finnish accent, it would be pronounced "Hee-Ta-Lah"
@sumosprojects
March 20, 2026 at 12:02 pm
Another great video mate 🇦🇺🍻🤘
@yetisuncle666
March 20, 2026 at 12:02 pm
What the fuck does anyone see in cradle of crap? Ive never understood the attraction. Theu are a ripoff blackmetal band. They arent even black meyal busy steal the look and shit on the sound.
@edilrosas
March 20, 2026 at 12:02 pm
What the Motorhead crew should do: release a remastered version of the ultra-rare single of "Leaving Here" (recorded with the classic lineup). That would rock.
@OZZY714
March 20, 2026 at 12:02 pm
First time watching and already subed 🤘🤘🤘
@silverroddo1468
March 20, 2026 at 12:02 pm
I assume a man in a suit says ‘artists hate making music’, it’s more like—hate making music for a record label—maybe.
Nah, it’d be gross if AI took over music, and other mediums.
@grahamsaunders7758
March 20, 2026 at 12:02 pm
I've been playing bass since I was 17 now I'm 53 guess it was all a waste of time
@darthgoza
March 20, 2026 at 12:02 pm
Leave music and art in general to humans.
@robertross5201
March 20, 2026 at 12:02 pm
Dude clearly has very little understanding of human nature. We as humans do nothing unless it’s necessary for our own comfort/survival or is something we truly enjoy and live. Just because he didn’t/doesn’t want to learn how to play an instrument is a purely personal choice, one I respect but no one and I do mean no one appointed him as spokesperson for the entire human species!
@Eric-AB_LLK
March 20, 2026 at 12:02 pm
As a music lover and 5 string bass and drum player, the day AI fake music completely takes over, I'll stop listening to music all together and only play my CD collection currently collecting dust on shelves.
@gregtaylorgregg41
March 20, 2026 at 12:02 pm
No, AI is a scourge that must be kept to an absolute minimum. Musicians make music because they love to make music. That guy's an idiot. the worst kind. the kind that thinks he actually knows what he is talking about.
@Cr0wsMurd3r
March 20, 2026 at 12:02 pm
For the idjits who think AI should do everything, go watch the Matrix.
When AI does everything, whats the frikkin' point of us humans to even exist? AI can already more or less replace quite a few people when it comes to jobs. Do you think that is somehow gonna make those people free to persue whatever they want and you know still get paid? Nah, AI will lead to mass unemployment with only a handful of people really benefitting from it.
@philipcraig6230
March 20, 2026 at 12:02 pm
Went to see The Halo Effect in London last night. Saw someone wearing a Metal Pilgrim t-shirt.
@DontBlameMeYouVotedForThem
March 20, 2026 at 12:02 pm
Screw their AI
@wanderer314
March 20, 2026 at 12:02 pm
Disliked for the partial condonement of AI, which is an industry of theft powered by burning down our environment
@Bizzy09
March 20, 2026 at 12:02 pm
The A.I. guy is the typical clown that has no other ability than to ruin shit.
@paulrodsted3905
March 20, 2026 at 12:02 pm
The whole AI thing in it's entirety is lazy bullshit….
If you can't do the work yourself then it isn't worth doing…. AI will be the downfall of human intelligence
@markorendas1423
March 20, 2026 at 12:02 pm
At times. Yes it is like sculpture. And at times if and at certain circumstances can be a dreadful process. But the promise of a end result like someone of me to pagey. Hey I'd take a assistance with a tea n scone.
@ВасилийИванов-у5ь
March 20, 2026 at 12:02 pm
Finaly find some metal – related news channel… only to find out that it`s host are nazi.
@pegasusproducciones6103
March 20, 2026 at 12:02 pm
As a guitarist and bass player who's in 2 bands, I can confirm that making music is most definitely NOT a chore! The challange of learning an instrument is why I took music up in the first place. These AI dudes need to get out more and stop worshiping their robots in my opinion.
@christianlainesse4281
March 20, 2026 at 12:02 pm
Cradle of Filth got me through some pretty bleak times
@draugr7693
March 20, 2026 at 12:02 pm
A CEO being completely out of touch with reality is hardly surprising.
@anidiotsguide757
March 20, 2026 at 12:02 pm
That AI guy sounds very much like a person who tried to learn the guitar to impress girls, but was not very good at it.
@jonjackson5372
March 20, 2026 at 12:02 pm
I believe what musicians hate is being so bogged down by menial chores that they don’t have time to make music and you’re right that AI could alleviate that burden.
This week I’m listening to lots of Cats in Space, Wind Wraith and White Wizzard “Flying Tigers”.
@kanikulak
March 20, 2026 at 12:02 pm
Sława Ukrainie!
@johnnieMitch93
March 20, 2026 at 12:02 pm
I've got the original Motörhead 1980s vinyl. I'll stick with those, thanks. 😂 As much as I love the band (and was lucky enough to see them in the late 80s and early 90s), is there a need to keep remastering their old stuff?
@janjohansen9361
March 20, 2026 at 12:02 pm
I write ai-metal songs in swedish but on a "for the fun" level and actually use suno. I cannot play guitar, bass and diffently not sing and haven't played drums since 1995. But do I concider ai as music? Hell no. It's just something I do for fun and mostly it's songs with fun (and primive fart humour) lyrics. Real music are played by real musicians. Stay metal and slava Ukraini!
@jon-paulfilkins7820
March 20, 2026 at 12:02 pm
Sounds like that AI CEO has not heard of the core mantra of punk…
Here's how to make 3 chords… Now go form a band…
@ElNimrod1
March 20, 2026 at 12:02 pm
u suck
@tussk.
March 20, 2026 at 12:02 pm
"Crade of Filth have finally stopped torturing thier fans" No they haven't, they're putting a new record out.
@ArdaKaraduman
March 20, 2026 at 12:02 pm
I like suno, I think it does pretty decent job for what it is, but it's output is ultimately predictable. It has certain chord progressions and structures it leans to. Also AFAIK you cant really modify something it creates once its done. Like if you want to change the lyrics little bit, you will get a totally different song which makes it ultimately unusable unless you get something right in the first try.
About learning an instrument, I think it is easier than it ever was, there are lots of instructional material online, cheap accessible instruments are pretty decent for starters, and you have access to phletora of gear which makes it easier like Spark amps etc which make it easier and fun. It was much more difficult in our time (90s – late 80s)
@matyi-ef2yl
March 20, 2026 at 12:02 pm
Thank you for your passionate way of making it clear, why learning an instrument isn't a "boring chore." I am a piano teacher of children, and I can see almost every day, what learning and mastering an instrument, understanding something and put it into music, and having the experience of practising paying off does to a person.
And what an awesome feeling it is for them, when they get really good at something.
@Imrighttho
March 20, 2026 at 12:02 pm
Marko looks great, like happy and healthy . that break served him greatly.
@ShadowCommander1167
March 20, 2026 at 12:02 pm
RIP John Sykes. Gone but not forgotten. 🎸
@siliyemoodislam
March 20, 2026 at 12:02 pm
I find eating and breathing hard and time consuming . I wish AI could do something about it.
@edwayward
March 20, 2026 at 12:02 pm
I don't mind, for me Cradle is a crap, LOL
@lasher5520
March 20, 2026 at 12:02 pm
FUCK YEAH!!!! I love Cradle!!!
@gabrielgalban
March 20, 2026 at 12:02 pm
I almost alway watch your but I am not subscribed 😂.
@GregoryMerritt-o1f
March 20, 2026 at 12:02 pm
Clown Core!
@xXxTheAwokenOnexXx
March 20, 2026 at 12:02 pm
If AI is able to create original content AI should be credited, and recognized for it's talent, instead of humans taking all the credit, and profits
m/ m/
@kennethnielsen3864
March 20, 2026 at 12:02 pm
Thanks for sharing🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
@j800r_aswell
March 20, 2026 at 12:02 pm
Can't really call it natural causes passing at just 65 these days. I wonder what happened. It's a terrifying thought otherwise. I suppose at least he lived in that time.
@akun0
March 20, 2026 at 12:02 pm
im so excited about the motorhead legacy show!! i genuinely hope i can go to it, or at least watch it somewhere, since yk beeing a new fan and a teen i wont be able to go if its like across the planet..
@tomitoikka367
March 20, 2026 at 12:02 pm
Have you heard Marko's original band TAROT? If you haven't, please do yourself a favor and check them out 🤘😎👍
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