Obscura

Friday's NYC-area shows include Elton John, Mdou Moctar, Bartees Strange, Bonobo, Cold World, and more.

La Armada guitarists Jonathan Salazar and Paul Rivera told us about their favorite music of the year, including albums by Gojira, Pop Smoke, Nas, Belvedere, and more

The 2018 edition of Relapse's annual sampler also includes YOB, Windhand, Author & Punisher, Nothing, Pig Destroyer, Outer Heaven, Zeke, Devil Master, and more.

Tour announcements, updates, and other related upcoming-show news.

The sampler has a new Cloakroom song, plus Inter Arma, Ulcerate, Gatecreeper, Sumerlands, Ringworm, Black Tusk, Cough, S U R V I V E, The Album Leaf, Nothing, True Widow, and more.

The inaugural Metal SuckFest had its final night on Saturday at Gramercy Theater (11/4) with a headlining appearance from Cynic, and support from Obscura, The Red Chord, 3, Fight Amp, Rosetta, Scale The Summit, Last Chance To Reason, A Life Once Lost and Ultrageist...

Magrudergrind at Music Hall of Williamsburg (more by BBG) Metalsucks have announced most of their lineup slated for the Metal Suckfest 2011 at Gramercy Theater on November 4th and 5th...

Rosetta at The Studio at Webster Hall (more by BBG) Rosetta, Obscura, and The Red Chord will join forces with Municipal Waste and Cynic at Gramercy Theater as part of the Metal Suckfest on November 4th and 5th according to a Facebook post by The Red Chord and a reader tip (thx Eric...

Let us beer, Entombed! Let the flood gates open... some of the great artists lined up for MDF are starting to announce US dates surrounding the epic festival...

Baroness @ Bowery Ballroom - 11/20/2009 (more by Tim Griffin) BBG will publish his own list of the best metal albums of 2009, but in the meantime here's what Decibel Magazine had to say: