Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Mudhoney @ MHOW, 2013 (more by Dana [distortion] Yavin) You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights... Mudhoney, Pampers @ Bowery Ballroom Having just returned from a European tour, grung... more info

Stereogum — Hate Eternal frontman Erik Rutan may have the strongest death metal pedigree of any living human. He’s probably best known these days as the driving force behind Florida’s well-regarded Mana Studios, where he’s engineered albums by such extreme... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: GWAR at 'Empire Records' celebration (more by Sachyn Mital) GWAR, who were just in NYC for the Empire Records 20th anniversary, will be putting on another installment of their annual GWAR-B-Q this year. The fest happens in Richmond from... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Goatwhore at Bowery Ballroom in 2012 (more by Fred Pessaro) NOLA metal vets Goatwhore will tour North America this June/July in continued support of last year's Constricting Rage of the Merciless, and they're taking out two great metallic hard... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Ex-BrooklynVegan metal writer Fred Pessaro went to New Orleans to creat a 7-part Noisey Youtube documentary on the "people and culture that helped spawn bands like Down, Eyehategod, Crowbar, Acid Bath and so many others." We mentioned when the... more info

Metalsucks — For a seven-hour indoor show like Summer Slaughter, line-up is everything! The post Review: The Faceless, Origin, Goatwhore ‘Slaughter’ Saturday In Chicago appeared first on MetalSucks. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Ian Chainey Ouch! The picture above is Riley Breckenridge's fractured jaw after the Puig Destroyer -- the baseball themed grindcore group -- drummer took a pitch to the head. After posting to his Instagram, Riley said, "Don't try to... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Danzig at Riot Fest Chicago 2013 (more by Kirstie Shanley) We already knew Glenn Danzig's post-Misfits, pre-Danzig band Samhain were reuniting this year to perform their debut LP at Riot Fest Chicago. They've since been added to Housecore Horror Fest... more info

Metalsucks — 'Cause it's called "Baring Teeth for Revolt." Get it? The post Goatwhore Bare Teeth for New Video appeared first on MetalSucks. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Ian Chainey Mastodon at Terminal 5, 2014 (more by Chris La Putt) Wanna buy the new Mastodon album? You can now accomplish that feat with bitcoins. Isn't the future amazing?! You're still probably going to die from a cold.... more info