The Ocean

Finnish funeral/death doom vets Shape of Despair are playing some rare US shows this year, and they're also playing the stacked Czech festival Brutal Assault.

Listen to new songs from Lizzo, Jenny Lewis, Broken Social Scene, Offset, Tamaryn, Matmos, Hand Habits, Vic Mensa + KAMI, and more

Listen to new songs by Leikeli47, Westerman, Hinds, Kacey Musgraves (covering Keane), Dave Smalley, The Dandy Warhols, John Nolan, Miya Folick, Hatchie, and more.

Listen to new songs by Sharon Van Etten, Glass Candy, Adrianne Lenker, Van Morrison, Cult Leader, Typesetter + Lydia Loveless, The Ocean + Jonas from Katatonia, Basement, and more.

The first of the two new albums comes out on November 2nd and will represent the conceptual and musical missing link between "Precambrian" and "Heliocentric"/"Anthropocentric."

At the European dates, The Ocean will be playing their 2007 album 'Precambrian' in full.

As always, there's a bunch of great metal and hardcore happening in NYC, so here are some shows to tide you over while you mourn the fact that you can't make it to the Czech Republic for the Insect Warfare reunion...

As always, there's a ton of metal, hardcore, and more heavy music happening in NYC. We don't get a chance to post about all of it, so here's a roundup of some recently announced stuff we haven't tackled yet: German prog-metal band The Ocean are coming over the US for some shows with prog-doom band Intronaut, and No...

and Andrew Sacher Black Tusk at Saint Vitus in 2013 (more by Caroline Harrison) SXSW may be all about catching the hippest bands--check out the SXSW schedule for a lowdown on what's going on (or browse our "SXSW" tag for some highlights) -- including three BV day parties and the BV official showcase -- but there's no shortage of metal to bang your head to, either...

The Atlas Moth at Irving Plaza, 2013 (more today. First, they'll be touring North America along with The Ocean, Scale the Summit, and Silver Snakes from the end of February through the beginning of April, including SXSW, a stop at South By So What...