As temperatures rapidly dropping ahead of an incoming snowstorm, the black clad line outside Irving Plaza had two reasons to be excited to get off the frigid Manhattan streets as the venue opened its doors. First, to keep from becoming gothic icicles (gothcicles?), and second - and far more importantly - to find a place closest to the stage for Lord of the Lost 's tremendous performance. As one of the first dates of the Dark Winter Tour, the German rockers had come to New Yor

Edenbridge - Set The Dark On Fire (Steamhammer), out now While winter has covered most of the northern hemisphere in snow and ice this month, Austrian symphonic power metal quintet Edenbridge have come to turn the heat up with their twelfth album, Set The Dark On Fire. Wasting no time in kicking off an epic musical journey, "The Ghostship Diaries" immerses listeners in a world of magic and mystery with vocalist extraordinaire, Sabine Edelsbacher, serving as both guide and na

Absinthe Green - Of Love and Pain (Independent), out 19 September Anyone who has ever danced with the Green Fairy knows that each...

At nearly 100 years old, the Brooklyn Paramount long ago solidified its place in music history. As an early venue for jazz, big band, and...

With the setting sun casting malevolent shadows over the streets of New York, it was quite fitting that a black clad crowd had formed a...

While an afternoon of fog and cloud cover had tapped away the first sings of spring that had only just come to New York twenty four hours...

Jinjer - Duél (Napalm Records) Out February 07 Far and away one of the most in demand bands of the last decade, the years since 2021's...

Crucial Velocity - Controller (Golden Robot Records) Out now! Welding together progressive passages and wall of sound tones reminiscent...

The Halo Effect - March of the Unheard (Nuclear Blast Records) Out January 10 "When we started doing this as teenagers in Sweden, no one...

Harakiri For The Sky - With Autumn I'll Surrender (Single, AOP Records) "A brilliant first offering of new music from one of today's most...

Ad Infinitum - Abyss (Napalm Records) "Towering melodic metal made with Swiss-German skill and precision." Spending a good portion of...

While appropriately named the 'Klash of the Titans' tour, more than a handful of concertgoers waiting outside the College Street Music...

Though more commonly found in the shadows of dive bars and small to midsize venues, The Rooftop of Pier 17, an impressive terrace built...

"If anyone is parked on the left side of the building, please move your car now or the neighbors will have them towed!" Considering the...

Charlotte Wessels - The Obsession (Napalm Records) "A refreshing blast of melody and power from one of symphonic metal's greatest...

"This is my second metal show, and my first one with big bands," said a young concertgoer, "do you think the moshpit will be heavy? I...

200 Stab Wounds - Manual Manic Procedures (Metal Blade Records) "On the slab tonight: the most lethal contender for death metal album of...

Four Stroke Baron - Data Diamond (Prosthetic Records) "An ice cold, claustrophobic digital bath - enter the chaosphere if you dare." The...

At 110 years of age, the building now known as the District Music Hall has been the host of an incredible range of entertainment. From...

The uncanniness of omens should never be underestimated or ignored. It was a Thursday, pleasant temperature as legions of black clad...