Friday metal night at Middle East Upstairs was a hoot and a holler; local stoners Leather Lung are putting the finishing mixes on their soon-to-be released record and road tested some of the songs last night, all bathed in the psychedelic glow courtesy of The Dregs Liquid Light Show. The verdict? ...
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FOTOBOM: KING BUFFALO, KIND + MOTHER IRON HORSE @ BRIGHTON MUSIC HALL
FOTOBOM: MERCYFUL FATE, KREATOR + MIDNIGHT @ MGM MUSIC HALL
FOTOBOM: HEILUNG @ THE PALLADIUM
FOTOBOM: CONVERGE & CHELSEA WOLFE PLAY BLOODMOON + CASPIAN @ ROADRUNNER
Converge has been a lot of things and a common thread is a strong current of collaboration. If you looked at a Pete Frame-type family tree, it would be a small forest with all ...
FOTOBOM: MINISTRY, MELVINS, CORROSION OF CONFORMITY @ HOUSE OF BLUES
I gotta say that against all odds (like Iggy Pop odds), not only is Al Jourgensen still alive but he’s pretty fucking vibrant. Heading into town with re-vamped tour mates ...
THE DIG INTERVIEW: CAVE IN’S STEPHEN BRODSKY

Mass guitar great raps about rocking with Cave In, Converge, Quicksand, and Mutoid Man
FOTOBOM: ELECTRIC WIZARD, MIDNIGHT @ THE PALLADIUM
Do you like your doom metal with a heavy ladleful of occultism and leather-clad biker imagery? How about with a cannabis cloud that could suffocate a small village? Scores of battlevests were seen massing around the streets of Worcester last Friday in anticipation of a rare Stateside performance ...
PREVIEW: DESERTFEST NYC
WHEEL OF TUNES: SUMAC

The metal trio talks Jawbreaker, advice from the Melvins, and the therapeutic effects of chopping wood.