Borknagar

Saturday’s NYC-area shows include Destroyer, Nilüfer Yanya, Lingua Ignota, The Chats, The Slackers, and more.

Plus: Mitski, Samia, Travis, Primitive Man/Blood Incantation, Anamanaguchi, Piebald, Innings Fest, Okeechobee, Big Daddy Kane/KRS-One Verzuz battle, and more tour and festival news.

To make up for the two lost years, Hellfest returns for two weeks in 2022, and it would be easier to list which heavy bands *aren’t* playing…

Plus: Devastation On The Nation (Rotting Christ, more), Black N’ Blue Bowl, Jorma Kaukonen, and more tour news.

The great metal label Century Media is throwing a free livestream festival with a handful of its bands this month.

A roundup of all the metal tours impacted by COVID-19, also including Code Orange, Rotting Christ, Sepultura, YOB, Killswitch Engage, and more…

Devin Townsend, Bob Weir & Wolf Bros, Fennesz, and Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs are also among the bands that have cancelled or postponed shows and tours amid the coronavirus pandemic.

We knew John was an Inter Arma fan from when he wore their shirt on Colbert earlier this year, and sure enough, their album Sulphur English, which he wrote the liner notes to, made his list.

All dates and cities for the 2020 Devastation on the Nation tour with Rotting Christ, Borknagar, Wolfheart, Abigail Williams, and Imperial Triumphant are announced and on sale.

The huge lineup also includes Incubus, Korn, Mastodon, Opeth, Deep Purple, The Offspring, Obituary, Mayhem, Abbath, Alcest, Electric Wizard, Baroness, Om, Envy, Mono, High On Fire, Killing Joke, Youth of Today, and still tons more…