Escuela Grind

Having just opened for Greg Puciato at Gramercy Theatre, Escuela Grind were now added as special guest headliners to the No/Mas / Knoll show at Saint Vitus in June...

Greg has kept things interesting since The Dillinger Escape Plan called it a day.

Plus: The String Cheese Incident, Eleshwere's initial rooftop schedule, Peter Gabriel, Misfits, Ween, Lollapalooza 2023, Less Than Jake, and more tour and festival news.

“Gonna take a big ol’ North American road trip with some friends, booked some shows along the way to justify it to myself, and pay for gas.” says former Dillinger Escape Plan frontman Greg Puciato

From Militarie Gun to Soul Glo to Conway the Machine to Genesis Owusu to Mugger to Sudan Archives, here are 23 of the best sets we saw at SXSW '23.

Listen to the eight-and-a-half minute blackened sludge/hardcore of lead single ”Summer Comes to Multiply” now.

Plus: Bratmobile, The Front Bottoms, Coachella Sideshows, Screaming Females, Horsegirl/Lifeguard, When We Were Young, Madison McFerrin, Luna, Iceland Airwaves and more tour and festival news.

We asked an array of metal lovers -- including metal writers, show promoters, and members of bands like Hatebreed, Undeath, The Acacia Strain, Worm, and Ripped to Shreds-- what metal bands they think people should be keeping an eye on this year. Here's what they came up with...

The lineup also includes High On Fire, Hulder, Deadguy, Undeath, Misery Index, Inter Arma, and much more...

Creeping Death guitarist Trey Pemberton's 2022 faves include likeminded heavy acts Undeath, Tribal Gaze, Phobophilic, Escuela Grind, and more, as well as non-metal from Beyoncé, Charli XCX, Freddie Gibbs, and more...