Kataklysm

Today's NYC-area shows include Dropkick Murphys, Rancid, Yaeji, Deicide, Azealia Banks, Luke Jenner, Indigo Sparke, and more

Today's NYC-area show options include Turnstile (rescheduled from Sunday), Owen, GZA, Craig Owens, Geoff Rickly, and more

Deep in the heart of Brooklyn, on a hot September night, a meeting of international, transcontinental metal was held. The ingredients were simple enough: two parts thrash, two parts death, and a supersized helping of groove....

New Orleans thrash vets Exhorder's new song is a ripper. They're also touring with Kataklysm this summer...

Plus: Kataklysm/Exhorder, Cannabis Corpse, Janelle Monae, Glen Matlock (Sex Pistols), The Raconteurs, Eric Andre, and more tour-related news.

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...

As always, the metal and hardcore universe continues to exist unabated. Here's a roundup of some stuff coming up...

There's a bunch of heavy festivals here in the states...

Canada's Kataklysm and Australia's Belphegor have been touring together and on November 9 they brought their show to NYC with openers Winter Nights...

Plenty of great metal, hardcore, and other heavy shows in NYC are getting announced all the time. We don't get a chance to write about all of them, so here's a roundup of some recently-announced stuff coming up:

Veteran New York death metal band Skinless ended a two-year hiatus back in 2013…

While you may not think a festival curated is a thing you wanted to attend, the lineup is actually pretty awesome for their annual Knotfest this y...