Nile

Nile also appear to have a new album in the works.

Built to Spill, Preoccupations, Jeff Rosenstock, Joey Bada$$/Boogie, Life of Agony, Pharoah Sanders, Baths/No Joy, Nap Eyes, Ministry/Chelsea Wolfe, and more Thursday show options.

Two East Coast hardcore festivals were recently announced for this April.

Igor's list includes Integrity (whose Dwid Hellion included the new Cavalera Conspiracy album on his list), Godflesh (whose Justin Broadrick sings on the new Cavalera Conspiracy album), Converge, and more.

New Jersey thrash vets Overkill are getting ready to release a new album called The Grinding Wheel. While we'll have to wait until February to get the full dose, they've offered fans an early taste of the album with "Our Finest Hour." It's what we've come to expect from this band -- straight ahead, down-and-dirty thrash metal that delivers the goods with minimum fuss and maximum efficien

The 2016 edition of the Summer Slaughter tour has been announced, and like 2014 it's actually not so bad this year (hold off on the "Summer's Laughter" jokes).

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: German black metal band Der Weg einer Freiheit have been at it since 2008, and earlier this year released their third album Stellar on Season of M...

Inquisition at Saint Vitus, 2012 (more by Greg Cristman) We've already mentioned that the New England Metal and Hardcore Festival will return in 2014 from April 17-19 at the Worcester Palladium...

Behemoth at Irving Plaza, 2012 (more by Greg Cristman) Behemoth frontman Nergal is kind of a badass -- he's an extremely gifted musician and a live-performance powerhouse who's played an important role in putting the potent Polish metal scene on the international map over the past 20 years...

The New England Metal & Hardcore Fest is returning to the Worcester Palladium from April 17 - 19, 2014 in Worcester, MA, and the initial lineup was recently announced...