Watain

YOB at the Bell House, 2012 (more by Fred Pessaro) As American Express figures out a way to capitalize on metal bands struggling with visas, let’s take a walk on the newswire: The crushing doom of YOB will wum again…

Behemoth at Irving Plaza, 2012 (more by Greg Cristman) Behemoth frontman Nergal is kind of a badass — he’s an extremely gifted musician and a live-performance powerhouse who’s played an important role in putting the potent Polish metal scene on the international map over the past 20 years…

Decibel Magazine is back with its annual top 40 albums of the year list. Two of the top three (including the #1 spot) are reunion albums from death metal veterans, though many younger bands place highly as well…

Brooklyn metal club Saint Vitus Bar wasn’t originally intended to be a mostly show-oriented establishment; it only became one after its initial round of shows succeeded dramatically…

Watain at Irving Plaza, May 2012 (more by Greg Cristman) With Watain‘s new LP, The Wild Hunt, due around the corner from now, the band has announced a set of US dates for a burgeoning tour…

Saturday night (5/12) at Irving Plaza was the final night of the Decibel Magazine tour, featuring names like Watain, The Devil’s Blood, In Solitude and most notably, the return of Behemoth following Nergal’s battle with leukemia…

The Devil’s Blood at Bottom Lounge (more by Carmelo Espanola) Sheesh…The Devil’s Blood hereby declare never-ending and total war upon the following individual; David “Ape” Zoglio…

& Greg Cristman Inquisition wishes Saint Vitus a happy birthday in their own unique way (photo by Wyatt Marshall) Happy Birthday to Saint Vitus, who celebrated the start of their second year with a string of shows at the venue that started with Young Widows (pictures), ended with Revocation and included sold-out appearances from Inquisition on 4/26 and 4/27…

Let’s not dance around it, Watain dropping off of the first few dates of the Decibel tour was a bummer. But never the type to take defeat lightly, the Swedish black metal horde have added a new set of dates to try and make up the cancelled ones, including a stop at Mojoe’s in Joliet, IL on May 16th with Black Anvil…

Watain at Santos Party House (more by BBG) Unfortunately, Watain has been forced to cancel the first five dates of their tour with Behemoth and The Devil’s Blood, including Bottom Lounge tonight (4/13), due to visa issues”It’s not the first time the law stands in our way trying to prevent us from doing our work, and just like all the previous times it will lay broken and humiliated eventually…