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2017 NYC Halloween events: Village (and dog) parade, GWAR, "Haunted Hop," more

NYC will be busy with many spooky events and Halloween-themed fun this year. We round it all up, including the Village parade, Peaches, GWAR, Fatboy Slim, Diamanda Galas, cover shows, and more.

Nightbringer, Falls of Rauros, G.A.T.E.S., Destruction & more heavy NYC shows

Exciting metal and hardcore shows happening in NYC are announced all the time. We try to cover as much as we can (and there’s even more on Invisible Oranges) but some things still fall through the cracks. Here’s a roundup of some upcoming heavy NYC shows that we haven’t mentioned yet…

Not Dead Yet 2016 initial lineup (GLOSS, Turnstile, etc) ++ Lock playing NYC

Possibly North America’s premier punk/hardcore festival and the closest heir apparent to Chaos in Tejas (RIP), Not Dead Yet, returns for the 2016 year on October 13-16. Again the Toronto fest comes hard, dropping a mixed bag of everything from the buzziest band in the hardcore world to the buzziest in the punk underground…

Berserktown III lineup (Psychic TV, Ana Curra plays Paralisis Permanente, Powell, D Unit, Brainbombs, Gorilla Angreb, more)

Berserktown is an annual festival that goes down in LA that’s more interested in booking challenging music than big names (like for example, Destruction Unit and Thee Oh Sees were headliners last year). It returns for its third year from August 12-14 at the Teragram Ballroom and includes Psychic TV performing their 1982 album Force The Hand Of Change in full with guests, Ana Curra performing a set of music from her short-lived goth band Paralisis Permanente (who existed from 1981-1983), veteran UK DJ Powell, repeat offenders Destruction Unit (billed as “Destruction Unit + Friends”), the first-ever US show from long-running Swedish noise rockers Brainbombs, Danish punks Gorilla Angreb (who initially broke up in 2007), Hank Wood + the Hammerheads…

Skeletonwitch have a new singer, Anvil touring, Despise You playing NYC before MDF, & more heavy news

As always, there’s a ton of metal and hardcore stuff happening in the NYC area. Here’s a roundup of some of the latest. As we get ready for the annual giant Decibel tour that this year features Abbath, High On Fire, Tribulation and Skeletonwitch, we recently found out that, following the sad departure of longtime Skeletonwitch frontman Chance Garnette, the new vocalist on this tour and beyond will be Adam Clemans of the great Wolvhammer…

Framtid reveal venue, tickets & openers for NYC show

We mentioned that Japanese hardcore greats Framtid would be playing shows in 2016, including NYC on March 25. Now the venue for that show has been announced; it will be at The Acheron with support from Blazing Eye, Aspects of War, La Misma, Mommy and Indignation…

upcoming metal shows: Taake, YAITW, Vattnet Viskar, Abigail Williams, Rivers of Nihil, Noisem, Coffins, and more

It’s the holiday season, and what better way to give back than talking about a shit ton of metal. Our metal sister site Invisible Oranges is deep into top 10 season, with a number of individual writer lists posted (including one by yours truly) and still more to come…

Martial Canterel, Ninos Du Brasil, Flatliner, Tozcoz & more playing upcoming Nothing Changes shows

NYC’s recurring party of all things dark, weird and dirty, Nothing Changes marches on and as always there are some cool things coming up on the sched…

ChameleonsVOX announce 'Script of the Bridge' tour dates, some w/ Pleasure Leftists who have a new LP soon (listen)

We knew that Mark Burgess of famed post-punk outfit The Chameleons would be bringing his ChameleonsVOX project to North America for a tour this fall, playing 1983’s The Script of the Bridge in full, and now we have details…

Violent Reaction releasing a new LP on Revelation, touring the US (dates & four song streams)

The UK’s Violent Reaction recall old school straight edge hardcore and Oi!, and they’re set to deliver another dose of that on their sophomore LP, Marching…
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