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Gehenna at A389 2012 (more by Fred Pessaro // BBG) For those of you not at This is Hardcore this weekend, tonight’s can’t miss show at Acheron (8/10) will feature Gehenna, the California crew that hasn’t blessed NYC since sharing the stage with Catharsis at CBGB’s in 1997 (their set was eventually turned into the Eat, Fight, Fuck……

Hooded Menace at Union Pool (more by Fred Pessaro // BBG) It’s been more than a year since Hooded Menace sat atop a stacked bill of Negative Plane, Ilsa and Anhedonist at Union Pool, but I remember it like it was yesterday…

Gehenna at A389 Anniversary 2012 (more by BBG) Gehenna mixes raw black metal and hardcore with tons of nihilism, and the California band will venture to the East Coast for a string of shows surrounding their appearance at This is Hardcore 2012…

Pulling Teeth’s final show at A389 anniversary (more by BBG) A389 Records have dropped their annual mixtape sampler, a ridiculous and borderline obnoxious 52-track extravaganza featuring multiple new or unreleased songs from the likes of Masakari, Mighty Sphincter, Seven Sisters of Sleep, Ilsa, Homewrecker, and many many more in addition to contributions from names like Integrity, Ringworm, Pulling Teeth, Gehenna, Full of Hell, and many many more…

Ilsa‘s death-metal-infused doom-and-roll headlined Acheron on April 1st, supported by local death metal favorites Ruin Lust (mems Fell Voices, Grudges, Death First) and Scowl…

Ilsa at Union Pool (more by BBG) Ten-ton death-doom machine Ilsa will play a last minute NYC show at Acheron on April 1st along with destructive war-metal crew Ruin Lust (mems Fell Voices) and blasting grind crew Scowl…

Midnight at Rites of Darkness (more by BBG) 2011 was a year that I spent delving deep into record bins, in the pit at shows, and searching for the most brutal of the brutal at festivals across the country including Maryland Deathfest, Chaos in Tejas, Rites of Darkness, SXSW, the A389 Anniversary show, California Discord Fest, and many others…

Inquisition at MDF (more by BBG)”This is Danny, the promoter for Rites of Darkness. I understand people have been getting frustrated with lack of news so I personally apologize for that…

Inquisition at Maryland Deathfest (more by BBG) NYC’s Studio at Webster Hall will soon host a trifecta of black metal greatness! Inquisition will headline the venue on December 2nd with a rare appearance from Mortuary Drape and Negative Plane…

While Tragedy was tearing down Europa with Citizens Arrest, Hooded Menace played a rare show Tuesday at Union Pool (5/31) as part of a short stint of dates that included Maryland Deathfest (pictures from their appearance) and tonight’s show at Red 7 for Chaos in Tejas with Undergang, Acephalix, Bone Sickness, and Mammoth Grinder…