Villains

& Greg Cristman Inquisition wishes Saint Vitus a happy birthday in their own unique way (photo by Wyatt Marshall) Happy Birthday to Saint Vitus, who celebrated the start of their second year with a string of shows at the venue that started with Young Widows (pictures), ended with Revocation and included sold-out appearances from Inquisition on 4/26 and 4/27...

The hooded Venom-worshipping trio known as Midnight played Acheron on 4/7, inciting pits and setting leather jackets on fire as part of their incendiary live show...

Bone Awl celebrated their tenth anniversary with a sold out show at Saint Vitus on Friday (4/6), one of two area shows for the primitive black metal trio (who played Red Light District the next night)...

EMM of Occultation on stage with Negative Plane at Union Pool (more by BBG) Negative Plane's Stained Glass Revelations was a triumph of darkness, utilizing unnerving and reverb drenched guitars to create a vision that was unique to black metal...

Art for Bone Awl's Meaningless Meaning Less I'm proud to announce that BV & Order of the Serpent will present a rare show celebrating the tenth anniversary (...

Villains at Europa (more by BBG) Brooklyn street metal sleaze-oids Villains dropped Road to Ruin on the venerable Nuclear War Now last year, and now the band has unveiled a video for the album closer "Land Hag"...

Midnight at Rites of Darkness (more by BBG) Midnight will headline a killer bill at Acheron in Brooklyn on April 7th featuring an appearance from crusty thrash team Parasytic, over-the-top sleazoids Villains, and crust-death killers Trenchgrinder...

, Villains Proscriptor McGovern of Absu by Stephanie Absu headlined Europa on National Metal Day (11/11/11) as part of a string of dates with Infernal Stronghold...

Exclusive look at Absu/Infernal Stronghold flexi cover by Dilek Absu is commemorating their string of dates with Infernal Stronghold in physical form...

Wolves in The Throne Room (more by Paul Birman) Wolves in The Throne Room are here, and will begin their campaign of NYC darkness with Thou TONIGHT (9/12) at The Bell House with Krallice...