Cleric

The NYC avant-garde band includes current and former members of Secret Chiefs 3, Cleric, John Zorn's band, Orbweaver, and more, and their debut LP was recorded by Colin Marston...

The killer list of openers also includes Ho99o9, Hirax, The C*nts, Victims Family, Antidote, Neil Hamburger, and more...

Cleric and Queen Elephantine are opening the band's upcoming NYC show, which may also be part of a TBA tour...

Plus: Bassekou Kouyate & Habib Koite, This is Not This Heat, Dysrhythmia/Pyrrhon/Cleric, Ensiferum and more tour news.

Philly avant-garde metal band Cleric returned late last year with Retrocausal (which featured contributions from John Zorn, Mick Barr and Timba Harris), their first full-length since their 2010 debut...

NYC avant-metal band Dysrhythmia celebrated the release of their latest album The Veil of Control at Saint Vitus on November 5...

This is a knotty, punishingly jazzy slice of metal.

NYC never has a lack of good metal shows and metal tours passing through. Here's a roundup of a few upcoming ones that we haven't gotten a chance to talk about yet...

Lee Ranaldo at Prospect Park in 2012 (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin)

Sonic Youth's Lee Ranaldo has a bunch of live appearances coming up, including three very different shows in NYC and a solo/acoustic tour in Europe...

Brandon Seabrook needs to be heard, not read. There's not much you can glean from written descriptors as Seabrook's sound will always contrast whatever tag is placed upon it...