Author and Punisher

Full of Hell, Monolord, Devil Master, Candy, Ringworm, Cherubs, Obituary, Integrity, Nothing, and more are also on Relapse's new 26-song benefit compilation.

From Bob Dylan to Beach Rats, from Judy Collins to Cattle Decapitation, from A$AP Rocky to Ana Gasteyer, here are nearly 30 shows to go see over the long Thanksgiving Weekend in NYC.

”I don't always get to take the full arsenal of drone machines due to their weight and pain,” Author & Punisher says, ”but certainly on this run, everything is in play.”

Primitive Man, Author & Punisher, and more are also lined up for this stacked tour.

The comp also features Dreadnought, Oathbreaker, Kat Katz + Andy Gibbs from Thou, The Body, Author & Punisher, Volahn, Vile Creature, and more.

Plus: Khalid/Clairo, Aziz Ansari, The Smoking Popes, A Giant Dog, Grandaddy's Jason Lytle, Spotlights, and more tour news.

J Bannon's band Wear Your Wounds are touring the East Coast with Uniform and the West Coast with Xasthur and Author & Punisher.

Our metal sister site Invisible Oranges ran down the best albums of the year. Plus, see new lists from Thou, Outer Heaven, Evoken, The Obsessed, Khemmis, CHRCH, and other metal bands.

The 2018 edition of Relapse's annual sampler also includes YOB, Windhand, Author & Punisher, Nothing, Pig Destroyer, Outer Heaven, Zeke, Devil Master, and more.

Integrity members Dwid Hellion and Dom Romeo each made lists of their favorite albums of 2018. They both had Devil Master, Ilsa, Nothing, and Author & Punisher, and they each had some different ones too...