Marty Friedman

Monday’s NYC-area shows include Reverend Vince Anderson & The Love Choir, Queensryche, and Phoebe Robinson.

Saturday’s NYC-area shows include Wednesday, Flatspot World w/ Speed (NYC debut), Shygirl, Overmono, Laura Stevenson, Titus Andronicus, Wiki, Black Eyes, and more.

The lineup also features John Petrucci (of Dream Theater), Carlos Santana, Marty Friedman (formerly of Megadeth), The Free Nationals, IDLES, Vernon Reid (of Living Color), Mrs. Smith, Heather Trost, and more.

‘Two Minutes to Late Night’ strikes again, with a star-studded cast of metalheads covering Fleetwood Mac.

Plus: Anna & Elizabeth / The Low Anthem, the Kranky 25th Anniversary Series, The Hold Steady, Get Up Kids, Mike Krol and more tour news.

Powerhouse drummer Ben Koller has had a ridiculously busy year, having released killer albums with three of his bands: Converge’s The Dusk In Us, All Pigs Must Die’s Hostage Animal, and Mutoid Man’s War Moans. We asked him what music he was digging this year…

The album features Chelsea Wolfe and Marty Friedman (who’s on the new single). Mutoid Man also play NYC with Coheed & Cambria before their tour.

Mercury passed away from complications of AIDS a quarter century ago tomorrow. Since then, it’s been too easy for the metal community to forget the role he played in the music we love. In honor of Mercury’s passing, we reached out several metal musicians to explain, in their own words, the continuing importance of Queen.

Guitarist Marty Friedman joined Megadeth back in 1990 for their classic Rust In Peace album, and as big fans of the band probably know, he left in 2000 and moved to Japan where he became very successful as an instrumental shred guitarist and TV personality…