Second Martyrdoom Announced; Funeral Pyre, Hour Of 13 Playing
PhatThe second installment of the Martyrdoom festival has been announced, and the lineup’s basically filthier than Joanna Angel smothered in pig shit. The three-day festival will overtake Brooklyn’s...
View ArticlePicture Me Broken Release New Video
Look at those num numsThere’s one reason and one reason only that Picture Me Broken have any modicum of success: Layla “Brooklyn” Allman. She’s a hot chick, with hot boobs. The music, itself, is...
View ArticleGhost Book More Live Gigs
GhostThat’s right, you suckers for schtick Ghost — of Ghost (B.C.) if you’re nasty — have lined up some live gigs ahead of their set at this summer’s Lollapalooza. Man, can you imagine how much semen...
View ArticleGuns N’ Roses Announce Brooklyn Gig
Axl RoseYuppers! Guns N’ Roses have added another New York appearance this week to their schedule. The band will play at Brooklyn Bowl in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, this Thursday, June 6. Doors open at 8...
View ArticleCro-Mags Book Brooklyn Gig
Harley!Hey everybody — reinforce that body armor! The Cro-Mags have booked their first gig since that last show, which ended with blood, stabbing, and a crazed Harley Flanagan arrested. He’s since been...
View ArticleCro-Mags Suing Former Singer Over Stabbing Incident
Harley FlanaganAccording to the New York Post, members of the legendary hardcore band the Cro-Mags are suing the group’s founder, Harley Flanagan, over an incident last year in New York City during...
View ArticleCro-Mags Frontman Denies Band Suing Harley
John JosephI guess John Joseph didn’t like reading all the “Cro-Mags Suing…” headlines popping up in his Google Alerts all day yesterday, and took to the Web to clarify something. The Cro-Mags ain’t...
View ArticleRumor: The Ocean Playing Brooklyn Gig Next Week
The OceanThe Ocean. You either love ‘em or hate ‘em. I know a lot of people love them, but hate the fact that they’re on this year’s Summer Slaughter, as they’re not so much that kind of a band....
View ArticleGlassjaw Playing Free Brooklyn Show
GlassjawThat’s right, kids. Glassjaw will be playing a free show at the Music Hall Of Williamsburg in Brooklyn, New York, next Friday. I will not be there. I’ll be seeing Tiger Flowers instead....
View ArticleSharon Must Need Cash: Black Sabbath To Play North America Next Year
Black SabbathBlack Sabbath will be back in North America in 2014 to play a spate of shows. Yes, yes…they’re even playing Brooklyn’s Barclays Center. How do I not go see that? I tell you how…I won’t pay...
View ArticleSo Hideous Ink New Deal
Last Poem/First LightProsthetic Records has signed Brooklyn’s So Hideous, a band I suggest you get into if you aren’t already and whose Etienne Vazquez wrote a guest column for us. The label will issue...
View ArticleFormer God Forbid Guitarist’s Band Books Gig
Doc CoyleThis is obviously huge news. Worthy of its own post, for sure. Ex-God Forbid guitarist Doc Coyle has a new band called Vagus Nerve, and they’ve booked themselves a gig. The band makes its...
View ArticleNirvana Play Brooklyn’s St. Vitus
She likes NirvanaI’m never, ever at cool shit like this, man. I’m tired of this shit happening without me. The surviving members of Nirvana played a surprise concert at Saint Vitus, a metal bar in...
View ArticleWatain Book Brooklyn Gig
Go. I might be there too.Watain have announced their only U.S. show of the summer. It goes down in Brooklyn June 15. At the Brooklyn Bazaar. This time, Watain’s infamous stage show will be “entirely...
View ArticleCattle Decapitation Playing Housecore Horror Film Fest
Cattle DecapitationIt’s Sunday, and shit is just not happening. At all. There is hardly any news to report. Later on, though, I will be heading to Brooklyn to see Watain perform, but plan to get there...
View ArticleTMZ Marvels At Watain’s Bloody Brooklyn Show
WatainNever thought I’d see this, but Watain were covered on TMZ.com. Specifically, Watain’s show in Brooklyn Sunday was covered. I was there. “A Swedish black metal band sprayed pigs blood on...
View Article8th Grade Metal Band Inks Deal With Sony
Unlocking The TruthThat band of 8th graders from Brooklyn, Unlocking the Truth, have signed a major label fucking recording deal with Sony Music. That’s fucking awesome but at the same time scary....
View ArticleDrowningman Reunites, Books Three Shows
DrowningmanI am not sure how extended this reunion will be, or whether it’s permanent or what, but I’m excited to reveal that Drowningman’s gotten back together for a trio of shows. They’ll be the...
View ArticleUnlocking The Truth To Hit The Studio
Unlocking The TruthOver the weekend, we told you about Brooklyn metal band Unlocking The Truth, who’re all in the eighth grade and inked a $1.8 million deal with Sony. They’ll never fucking see half of...
View ArticleJudge Approves Unlocking The Truth’s Recording Contract
Unlocking The TruthIt must be summer. There’s no fucking news, anywhere. So, here’s some word on tween metal act Unlocking The Truth. The band’s recording contract with The Cherry Group/Sony was...
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