Agoraphobic Nosebleed

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...

Tombs at Saint Vitus in July (more by Greg Cristman)

Maryland Deathfest is getting a little more New Yawk with the late addition of NY old-school death metal band Suffocation and Skinless and Brooklyn's own post-metal greats Tombs...

The final round of bands for Maryland Deathfest 2015 was announced and a stacked lineup was stacked even higher. The highlights are numerous, including Agoraphobic Nosebleed's first live set, Amorphis playing their classic Tales from the Thousand Lakes in its entirety, Inverloch jamming out tun…

Browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows. Here are some highlights...

Massive Attack V Adam Curtis @ Park Avenue Armory
Trip hop pioneers Massive Attack have collaborated with filmmaker Adam Curtis for this thought-provoking sensory overload...

Neurosis at Maryland Deathfest 2011 (more by Fred Pessaro // BBG)

Two major metal heavyweights will release what will arguably be the most anticipated releases of the year this fall...

DOWNLOAD: Green Beret - Demo (ZIP)
DOWNLOAD: Social Cickle - "No I Won't" (MP3)

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Gaza at Acheron, 11/12

West Coast punks No Statik will return to NYC to play Acheron on January 7th...

Lots of metal/hardcore updates that need to be addressed, so in honor of my non-existent Short Wave Warfare column I've added them here to my weekly suggested show column, Evillive...

Salome at Union Pool (more by kolored)"I'm no longer in Salome because of personal conflicts within the band. I wish them well if they decide to continue on, and I hope they're successful with all their projects...

Baroness @ Bowery Ballroom - 11/20/2009 (more by Tim Griffin)

BBG will publish his own list of the best metal albums of 2009, but in the meantime here's what Decibel Magazine had to say:

DOWNLOAD: Asphyx - "Scorbutics" (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Gods & Queens - "Head To Wall" (Quicksand cover, MP3)
DOWNLOAD: The Catalyst - "I Hate The Future" (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Planks - S/T (Rapidshare, Zipped MP3)
DOWNLOAD: They Are Cowards - Demo (Mediafire, Zipped MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Ov…