DragonForce

Plus: Justin Timberlake, The Decemberists, Incubus / Coheed & Cambria, The Church / Afghan Whigs, Re-TROS / Liars, Kara Jackson and more

Sunday’s NYC-area shows include Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros., mssv (Mike Baggetta, Stephen Hodges, and Mike Watt), Boy Harsher, Burnt Sugar the Arkestra Chamber, and more.

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…

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

In news that’s only related because we say it’s related, a bunch of second shows by bands that start with the letter D have been added at Saint Vitus because popular shows have sold out.

You won’t even have to stand SO FAR AWAAYYYY to see them!

Metal supergroup Metal Allgiance (who now include Bumblefoot in place of Megadeth’s David Ellefson, plus members of Testament, Death Angel, and more) will play Deep Purple’s classic live album ‘Made In Tokyo’ in full in Brooklyn, ahead of an appearance at British festival Bloodstock.

And yet: The actual song, called “Army of Chaos” is extremely straightforward, hooky mainstream death metal that there honestly isn’t much to say about, other than “its not half bad.”

DOWNLOAD: The Sword – “Fire Lances Of The Ancient Hyperzephyrians” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Soilent Green – “Antioxidant” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Iron Maiden – “Intro”, “Aces High”, & “Two Minutes To Midnight”, Live in Tokyo Feb 16th, 2008 (VIDEO, WMV) Neurot Recordings have announced details for THREE Neurosis-related releases in the next two months…

Mastodon @ Brooklyn Masonic Temple, NYC (Kid Swinging) (more about that) Mastodon has announced plans to tour with the supremely dubious named “Rockstar Energy Mayhem Tour”, providing support for (ugh) co-headliners Slipknot & Disturbed, as well as Machine Head, Dragonforce, The Red Chord and many others…