Stereogum — It seemed like every day of March brought with it a new controversy or calamity worthy of coverage here: There was the Ghost Bath hoax; the revelation that Lars Ulrich was to blame for the absence of bass on …And Justice For All; the bizarre dissol... more info

Stereogum — The Brooklyn band Liturgy made their name as black-metal experimentalists, starting fights in the metal underground by using the music to strive for bright transcendence rather than dark hate-wallow muck. But other than a few aesthetic touches, the b... more info

Forest Gospel — 100% recommendation. Their best yet. Really, really amazing laser beam noise wonder and awe. Ranks up their with the new Zs album, the new John Wiese album, the new Mount Eerie Album, the new Liturgy album, the new Matana Roberts album, i.e., the bes... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher photo: Psalm Zero at Saint Vitus in 2014 (more by Greg Cristman) Earlier this year, when the usually-black metal band Liturgy released the first new single "Quetzalcoatl" from their new album The Ark Work (due 3/24 via... more info

Stereogum — Brooklyn’s Liturgy have a rep for being black metal experimenters, but their forthcoming album The Ark Work isn’t really a metal album at all. Instead, it’s dense and textured experimental music that sometimes pulls an idea or two from the meta... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — As mentioned, Liturgy are releasing a new album this year and they've now announced a tour in support of it. The tour includes the Brooklyn band playing a hometown show on April 15 at Saint Vitus. Tickets for that... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher photo: Erez Avissar To quickly recap, Brooklyn black metal band Liturgy put out Aesthethica, their best-received album yet, in 2011. Not long after, their not-so-secret weapon Greg Fox (drummer) left the band. They then began playing... more info

Stereogum — I’ve listened to Liturgy’s upcoming third album, The Ark Work, like half a dozen times, and I’m still not sure what to make of it. It’s not “black metal” in almost any capacity, although I think you could probably put together a pretty co... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher Long-running NYC experimental band Zs debuted their newest lineup in 2012, which is founder Sam Hillmer with Patrick Higgins and Liturgy drummer Greg Fox, and now they're set to release the first album with that lineup, Xe,... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Swans in Chicago in June (more by Brigid Gallagher) You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights... Swans, Liturgy @ Warsaw More than 30 years into their career and Swans... more info