Its Not Night Its Space

Elder playing Saint Vitus before Psycho Las Vegas

Heavy, proggy Boston doom band Elder are one of the best metal bands around. They released the stellar LP Lore last year, showcasing the kind of fire-breathing guitar playing, skill for long, dense prog-metal compositions, and ear for catchy riffs and hooks that can really get you going…

Meltasia festival returning to the Catskills w/ Pentagram, Kool Keith, Shannon & the Clams, Sheer Mag, more

The lineup for Meltasia Festival has been announced, and its pretty loaded and varied. Going down at the old Game Farm in the Catskills, which is less than a 3-hour drive from NYC, on September 2-4…

Aevangelist and Serial Hawk streaming albums; NY Deathfest is here (with Ringworm & more) and more metal news

As always, there’s a ton of metal happening right under everyone’s nose, so now that it’s October, let’s round up some of the scary stuff…

What's going on Saturday? (Menzingers, Sufjan Stevens, Kirin J Callinan, Mountain Goats, Cock Sparrer, Happyness, more)

You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight’s shows, but here are some highlights… The Menzingers, Big Eyes, Cheerbleeders @ Court Tavern (BrooklynVegan Presents) The next two BrooklynVegan-curated installments of Red Bull Sound Select happen tonight in NJ and Tuesday in Brooklyn, both with punk bands The Menzingers and Big Eyes…

Call of the Void played Leftfield with Buckshot Facelift and more (pics/video)

Long Island grind crew Buckshot Facelift headlined Leftfield on the Lower East Side last night (3/25), playing a show with touring grind-y d-beaters Call of the Void and Ambassador Gun…