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Plus: Benny the Butcher (opening for Russ), William Prince, Kevin Devine, Banoffee, Standards, Fetty Wap, Big Thief, and more tour-related news.

Josh Pappe, who played bass in crossover thrash greats D.R.I. and was also in Gang Green, has died at age 53...

Maryland Deathfest 2019 happens Memorial Day Weekend in Baltimore with Voivod, Anaal Nathrakh, Primitive Man, Spectral Voice, Borknagar, Unleashed and more.

New tours, festivals, and show-related announcements including Iglooghost, Start Making Sense (Talking Heads tribute), and more...

Tormentor, the Hungarian black metal band that Attila Csihar fronted before going on to become the vocalist on Mayhem's classic De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas and make albums with Sunn O))) and tons of other projects, are back and just announced their first US reunion show...

There's still a few more bands TBA too.

Maryland Deathfest 2019 has once again added more bands to its lineup...

New additions include exclusive US appearances by Messiah, Naglfar, Disharmonic Orchestra, Rippikoulu, and Obliteration, plus one of only two US shows from Cryptic Slaughter.

This week's BrooklynVegan Blog Radio on SiriusXMU took inspiration from the two big Dead & Co shows at Citi Field over the weekend, fitting in Dead covers from the likes of Courtney Love, Moses Sumney & Jenny Lewis, The War on Drugs, Charles Bradley, and Lucius, plus non-Dead music too.

The annual Baltimore metal fest also includes Immolation, Indian, Scour, Frightmare, Mortician, Vomitory, The Chasm, Pestilence, Blood and more.