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Portal playing NYC w/ Impetuous Ritual after Maryland Death Fest, which added Gnaw Their Tongues & Blood Red Throne

Australian death metallers Portal are coming over to the US for Maryland Deathfest in May, and not long after that they’ll play an MDF-presented NYC show on May 27 at Saint Vitus with MDF-mates and related band Impetuous Ritual, plus Negative…

Enslaved releasing a new LP, touring w/ Yob & Ecstatic Vision

Yob at Saint Vitus on 12/12/14 (more by Greg Cristman) Norwegian extreme metal legends Enslaved have announced an extensive North American tour for 2015 with extremely strong support…

Yob played 2 Saint Vitus shows (pics & setlists of night 1 with Tombs and King Destroy)

Whatever they played, I’m sure I’d have been into it, but having watched them play full-album sets previously for The Great Cessation, 2005’s The Unreal Never Lived and 2003’s Catharsis, I’m glad to be able to put Clearing the Path to Ascend in that category as well…

Rolling Stone's Top 50 Albums of 2014

The Best Albums of 2014 lists keep coming, and now Rolling Stone‘s is out. It’s hard to imagine anyone else picking the #1 and #2 they did, but that’s Rolling Stone for you…

Restorations list their Top 10 Albums of 2014

intro Philly rockers Restorations put out LP3 earlier this year on SideOneDummy. It’s an excellent record; one you’ll probably see on a handful of year-end lists this year thanks to its superior take on heartland/blue collar rock that rivals a lot of the stuff it was likely influenced by (Lucero, The Hold Steady, Hot Water Music, etc)…

The Quietus list their Albums Of The Year 2014

Now that it’s December, Best of Lists Season is in full swing. If you’re already tired of seeing ones that have The War on Drugs at the top (or near it), you can always rely on UK website The Quietus to offer up something different…

Decibel's Top 40 Albums of 2014

Metal mag Decibel has published their Top 40 Albums of 2014 list in their newest issue, which you can check out in more detail if you’re a subscriber…

Occultation released a new LP, playing shows including one this week & one w/ YOB in December (dates, album stream)

By Rob Sperry-Fromm Occultation at Saint Vitus in 2011 (more by Caroline Harrison) Old school-style NYC metal crew Occultation (who feature a member of Negative Plane) recently put out a new album, Silence in the Ancestral House, which was produced by the inimitable Kurt Ballou, on Profound Lore…

YOB announce 2 nights at Saint Vitus w/ Tombs, Occultation, Kings Destroy & Ecstatic Vision

YOB at Saint Vitus in 2013 (more by Fred Pessaro) Doom masters YOB put out the killer new Clearing the Path to Ascend earlier this year and they’ll wrap up 2014 with a two-night stand at Brooklyn’s Saint Vitus on December 12 & 13, presented (who just wrapped up a two-night stand at Vitus on their tour with Pallbearer) and Kings Destroy (who’s tour with Pentagram hits NYC this weekend)…

The Heavy Lowdown: Slayer, Iron Maiden, Blake Judd, YOB, Roadburn 2015 lineup, Opeth, weekend shows & more

The above pic was posted on Slayer‘s Instagram earlier in the week. Does it herald, as many expect, a new Slayer album in 2015? Is it the genesis of their pivotal post-Hanneman/Lombardo/Rubin album…
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