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Saturday’s NYC-area shows include Depeche Mode, My Morning Jacket, Jessie Ware, Be Your Own Pet, The Darkness, Judge, and more.

Record Store Day 2020 in April 18 and they’ve just announced the list of exclusive titles that will be available at independent records stores that day…

The first-ever Knotfest At Sea goes down this August.

Anthrax, Testament, Armored Saint, Corrosion Of Conformity, DevilDriver, John 5, Doro, Beasto Blanco, Metal Church, and “heavy metal mariachi band” Metalachi will set sail on Megadeth’s inaugural “Megacruise” festival at sea.

Also: watch Anselmo revisit Pantera’s “Strength Beyond Strength” at Scour’s recent Saint Vitus show.

Ministry, Suicidal Tendencies, Corrosion of Conformity, Marduk, Venom Inc, Discharge & more are playing the fest, which also has “a fully immersive walkthrough experience of pain, pleasure, and metal.”

The metal/hard rock fest also includes Anthrax, Megadeth, Body Count, Lamb of God, Meshuggah, Rob Zombie, Behemoth, and more.

You’ve seen Ozzfest. You’ve seen Knotfest. But are you ready for… OZZFEST MEETS KNOTFEST???

That’s right. Ozzy Osbourne teams with mall-metal giants Slipknot (who have played various Ozzfests) for a joint festival this year…

If it wasn’t official before, it is now: drummer Bill Ward is the most likable member of the original Black Sabbath lineup. While his erstwhile bandmates are busy photoshopping him out of old band pics and releasing new music of dubious quality with tremendously creative cover art, Ward has been keeping a relatively low profile…

Gwar at Irving Plaza in June (more by Chris La Putt)

Gwar, who played NYC last month as part of Irving Plaza’s Zombie Prom, have just announced the ‘Fate or Chaos’ 2012 Fall Tour with DevilDriver, Cancer Bats and Legacy of Disorder which will invade NYC on October 16 on Music Hall of Williamsburg…