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It’s year-end list season already, and one of the first major publications out of the gate is metal mag Decibel.

Saturday’s NYC-area shows include Broken Social Scene, Yard Act, Anti-Flag, Thou, Channel Tres, Robert Glasper, and more.

Thou have just launched two new vinyl pressings, one for their 2020 covers album ‘A Primer of Holy Words’ (with a slightly different tracklist than the digital version) and one for their new NORCO soundtrack…

The Austin festival (fka Austin Terror) is just over a week away from holding its first edition, and they’ve issued a new update including news about The Locust following the death of drummer Gabe Serbian, along with even more info.

Featuring lengthy black metal passages amidst equally as sprawling doom, the mammoth Myopia is a not so much a balancing act as it is a complete meshing of these two bands’ distinct styles.

Boris offers up a noisy cover of SQÜRL’s cover of Wanda Jackson’s ”Funnel of Love,” while Thou, Mizmor, and Emma Ruth Rundle turn Zola Jesus’ ”Night” into a black metal song.

We’ll also be there selling records and official fest merch!

NYC-based indie label Sacred Bones turns 15 this year and as part of their celebration, they’re releasing Todo Muere SBXV, a compilation featuring Sacred Bones artists covering the songs of other Sacred Bones’ artists…

Listen to new songs from Abbath, Meshuggah, Tool, Whores., Thou, Kublai Khan TX, Warfare, and more.