Obsidian Tongue

Eye of Nix's tour begins tonight at a Halloween show in Maine with members of Falls of Rauros, Obsidian Tongue, and Shabti doing a Death cover set. Their side project To End It All also have a terrifying new album that's perfect for Halloween... or really any day of the year.

After Agalloch broke up, guitarist John Haughm formed the new band Pillorian with members of Uada, and they released their very good debut album Obsidian Arc last year...

The Maine black metal band also have upcoming 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...

Two excellent New England black metal bands joined forces in NYC last night (8/27), as Maine's Falls of Rauros and Masachusetts' Obsidian Tongue played an Invisible Oranges-presented show along with NY-based experimental metal composer Oneirogen at Union Pool...

Falls of Rauros at Acheron in 2012 (more by Samantha Marble) Falls of Rauros are streaming "Ancestors of Smoke" off of their forthcoming album on Bindrune Recordings, Believe In No Coming Shore...

Over the weekend, King Diamond turned into King Dynasty. First bassist Hal Patino quit over a pay dispute. Then, Kim Bendix Petersen responded with a seemingly well-reasoned letter of epic length (if you read it in a King Diamond falsetto, it makes the words fly by)...

Falls of Rauros at The Acheron in 2012 (more by Samantha Marle) Two of the northeast's best atmospheric black metal bands, Falls of Rauros and Obsidian Tongue, along with the NYC electronic/synth/guitar wizard Oneirogen, will be playing an Invisible Oranges-presented show at Union Pool on August 27...

Judas Priest @ Izod Center, 2011 (more by Kurt Christensen) Was metal busy this week? You bet, but in a mostly good way. Mostly. Unlike your work week, metal didn't drag on like a run-on Dagon answer...

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