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metal roundup: New England Metal & Hardcore Fest, Heavy MTL & Rock'n Derby lineups; Revocation playing NYC, more

As always, the metal and hardcore universe continues to exist unabated. Here’s a roundup of some stuff coming up… There’s a bunch of heavy festivals here in the states…

Ghost announce 2016 tour dates

Costumed Swedish purveyors of classic metal Ghost have announced a tour for 2016. It includes the just-announced Shaky Knees Festival, a couple NYC-area shows, and much more…

Shaky Knees 2016 lineup (Florence, MMJ, Jane's Addiction, At the Drive In, Deftones, Huey Lewis, Baroness & more)

Atlanta’s annual Shaky Knees Festival happens in 2016 from May 13-15 with Florence + the Machine, My Morning Jacket, and Jane’s Addiction (playing Ritual De Lo Habitual…

2016 Grammy Awards nominees (Kendrick Lamar, Alabama Shakes, The Weeknd, Tame Impala, Caribou, MMJ, Bjork, Wilco, Dr. Dre, Drake, Flying Lotus, Courtney Barnett, more)

The 58th Annual Grammy Awards nominees have been announced. Album of the Year nominees include Alabama Shakes for Sound & Color, Kendrick Lamar for To Pimp A Butterfly, Chris Stapleton for Traveller, Taylor Swift for 1989 and The Weeknd for Beauty …

At the Drive-In reuniting again, playing Rock on the Range (with RHCP, Megadeth, Clutch, Ghost, DFA1979 & more)

At the Drive-In briefly reunited in 2012, and lately Cedric and Omar have been busy with their band Antemasque (now including Travis Barker), but they’re ready to reunite once ag…

Decibel's Top 40 Albums of 2015

Year-end list season began earlier this week, and now metal mag Decibel has published their Top 40 Albums of 2015. You can check out artwork and commentary if you pick up the issue, and browse the full list be…

2015 Beach Goth fest day 1 pics: Warpaint, Mac DeMarco, Ghost, Mummies, together PANGEA, Wanda Jackson & more

Over the past four years, Beach Goth has morphed from a handmade, hipster Halloween party to a megafest-on-the-rise. The last couple years have seen a serious overgrowth of frenzied fans pile into the Observatory’s inside/outside extravaganza not just to see The Growlers at their own festival, but for a host of marquee acts that could probably sell the place out on their own…

an interview w/ Ghost (on Snoop Dogg, Satan, Pope Francis, Dave Grohl, their metal-ness & more) ++ updated tour dates

interview Last month, Ghost released their third album Meliora, another dose of poppy occult rock that was a little heavier on the riffage than their last one…

Ghost, Myrkur, Rivers of Nihil & more streaming albums +++ upcoming shows from Cannibal Corpse, Enslaved & more

Plenty of great metal, hardcore and other heavy shows in NYC are getting announced all the time. We don’t get a chance to write about all of them, so here’s a roundup of some recently-announced stuff coming up: Pennsylvania death metal band Rivers of Nihil will release their sophomore album, Monarchy, this week via Metal Blade (pre-order), and they’re in NYC TONIGHT (8/19) to celebrate at Sa…

Ghost playing acoustic US in-stores before fall tour (dates)

We already knew Swedish occult rockers Ghost would be touring North America this fall in support of their third album, Meliora (due 8/21 via Loma Vista), but they’ll be here sooner for a few acoustic in-stores and signings during album release w…
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