Topix — Top 10 lists are slave to consumption - what you did and didn't ingest. Disclaimer dispatched, my 2010 live metal honors notch 20 thrashings: Kreator , Emo's Pentagram , Black Tusk , Mala Suerte , Emo's Watain , Goatwhore , Averse Sefira , HOD , Emo'... more info

Metal Injection — Watain dropped by New York City last week, and I unfortunately couldn't go due to some prior commitments, but all my friends who went could talk about was how much the place stunk of rotting pig corpses and how it took them days to get the stenc... more info

Stereogum — Unless Agalloch give me a call, I’m taking a break from organizing Haunting The Chapel shows for a few months — after the Swans @ Masonic Temple sell out, freezing Halloween event with Krieg and woe, those Monarch! events with Fred, and this past... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — words & photos by BBG The rotting putrid stench of decaying flesh on skull filled the halls of Santos Party House last night (12/2), as the gods of Black Metal, Watain returned to NYC. The show, part of an ongoing... more info

Metal Injection — Thanks to my buddy Vince Neilstein of MetalSucks (who will be on the Livecast tonight) for alerting me of this awesome 11 minute clip of Goatwhore multi-cam footage. Oh fuck yes! The clip features the songs "The Devils Rain" and "The Void". Click thr... more info

Metalsucks — Not much else to say; this rules! Goatwhore are on tour with Watain, Skeletonwitch and Black Anvil right now. Don’t miss ‘em. Dates here. -VN Thanks: John W. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by BBG Trap Them at The Studio at Webster Hall (more by Greg Cristman) Trap Them, who you may have recently caught at The Studio, are still on the road for the rest of November and most of December. Right... more info

Metal Injection — Fresh off the presses is a new photo gallery featuring snaps from the recent Black Dahlia Murder, Goatwhore, Arkaik tour. Head on over to see over 100 hi-res images, including plenty of sexy gut shots of BDM frontman Trevor Strnad and his epic "heart... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by BBG Sons of Tonatiuh at The Charleston There's something about the South that brings out the darkness and deep-seeded, unrelenting rage. Bands like Goatwhore, Soilent Green, Sourvein, Rwake, Weedeater, Dark Castle, Zoroaster, and countless others ... more info

WFMU's Beware of the Blog — There were about a million great shows that I missed this week: Goatwhore at Europa (friend review: "One of the best bands I've seen this year"), Buzzov'en at Public Assembly (friend review: "pretty close to great"), The Vibrators at the... more info