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Skryptor is a new trio featuring members of veteran noise/math rock bands Dazzling Killmen and craw, as well as Hank Shteamer (of STATS and Aa), who considers it a dream to be playing with these guys. ”[They] were like my Zeppelin and Beatles...”

Brooklyn's Black Black Black are prepping their second album. It's called Altered States of Death and Grace and it's due for release on March 25 via Aqualamb Records...

You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights... The Front Bottoms @ Rough Trade The Front Bottoms' new album Back On Top is their first for a major label, but it's actually more subdued and often folkier than its predeces...

STATS, the band featuring drummer/vocalist Hank Shteamer who's also in Aa and is a music writer (sometimes for Invisible Oranges), are finally ready to follow their 2010 EP, Crowned, with their first full length...

I know what you're thinking by looking at the above promo photo, but Survival is light years away from the "transcendental black metal" or possibly "white metal" that shot guitarist/vocalist Hunter Hunt-Hendrix into the spotlight with Liturgy...

Roomrunner at The Bell House in 2012 (more by Tracy Allison) Baltimore punks Roomrunner wrapped up a very promising 2012 with the release of their noisy, punchy Super Vague EP, and they're finally ready to release their debut full length, Ideal Cities, which will be out on May 14 via Fan Death...

Dysrhythmia finished their round of dates in celebration of Test of Submission in Brooklyn at Public Assembly on Saturday (11/17). They were joined by a rare appearance from Loincloth (who we profiled here) and NYC's STATS and Rivers of Nihil...

STATS at Public Assembly (more by Justina Villanueva) STATS have a new EP, Crowned, via The Path Less Traveled Records. The three-track effort follows their Marooned EP, which dropped in June of last year...

STATS at Public Assembly (more by Justina Villanueva) The city is always brimming with great art, whether from MSG to a loft in Bushwick. Here are some more NYC shows that are definitely worth a look over the coming weekend...

DOWNLOAD: Liturgy - "Ecstatic Rite" (MP3) Liturgy in a moment of "om" Liturgy's killer new album Renihilation has only been out around eight days now, and Hunter and the boys are already swimming in accolades...