Upcoming Philadelphia Area Metal Shows

Does this band really need an introduction? Meshuggah are the undisputed kings of technical death/thrash metal! Fuck the 'djent' scene and the entire Sumerian Records roster of horrible Meshuggah rip-offs! The new album 'Koloss' drops on March 27 and it's shaping up to be their best material to date. SEE THIS BAND NOW!

Beard/Stoner/Southern metal act on Relapse Records. No doubt you've heard them; comparable to the likes of older Mastodon, High On Fire, etc. New album due this year.

If you're on this site and haven't heard of Decapitated, you need to give yourself a nice slap across the face. Technical death metal act hailing from Poland. Their original vocalist died and with him so did the band; that is, until 2011 when they were reformed and reinvested in bringing brutality to the world.

Auckland, New Zealand-based unorthodox death metal on RELAPSE RECORDS

Relapse Records from Brooklyn

Extreme Metal band From France.

The biggest haters. Fuck off.

raw as fuck black metal from Providence, RI.

true kvlt New Jersian black metal

dirty Providence black metal

crushing doom jams

Soulful Alternative Rock with an edge. An edge so sharp, they show up on this site

Comedy Metal band that will now break all the rules of logic with their new CD, GUILTY OF ROCKING

'Time signatures? Where we're going we don't NEED time signatures' - Doc BrownrnNew Record PARALLELS coming out on Translation Loss

Thrash that knows how to rock, while the rocking gets thrashing. You know what I'm talking about?

NOLA PUNK THRASH

NJ PUNK THRASH

PHILLY PUNK THRASH

Two piece pychadelic sludge

Power sludge

Brutal stoner punk

blistering grindcore

grindcore. relapse

pissed off, aggressive hardcore/punk/PV

fastcore/PV. philly

I want to do the drummer metal

metal

metal imported from Canada

metal

+ more metal

Deathrash from Ca...err I mean Creepsylvania

Blackened Crust/Thrash from RVA

What would happen if a band from Philly crossed 80's Japcore & Midwest Hardcore punk.

Death Metal from New Jersey

Crusty Hardcore from Ireland. FFO:From Ashes Rise

Torch Runner - Fast chaotic hardcore from North Carolina.

Oakland,Ca Doomy Metal/Hardcore in the vein of Artimus Pyle

Fast melodic hardcore from Philadelphia

Members of other bands you like. 'Who?' you ask... show up and find out.

Mainline Philly area punk in the vein of GG & The Jabbers & The Germs

(mem of Young Widows, Coliseum, Black Cross, Endpoint, from Louisville, KY)

(mem of My Disco from Australia)

(straight edge powerviolence from Massachusetts, made up of current and former members of Think I Care, Glue, Relics, Failures, Orchid and Ampere)

(unrelenting punk fused noise rock, two people, Philadelphia)

(noise rock bass drums more amps, two drummers? Philadelphia)

(hardcore powerviolence, Philadelphia)

Murder Metal legends from Chicago

Philly thrash

experimental death metal from NJ

members of Turmoil

progressive death metal from NJ

melvins and karp and heavy and smoke weed

loud and weird

punk rawk. ex.towers.ex

on tour from athen, ga

A respected 70s rooted Doom band founded in 1996 by bassist Tatsu Mikami, an ex member of Thrash Metal band SALEM, and guitarist Tomohiro Nishimura. Making up the band numbers would be singer Nobukazu Chow and drummer Hideki Shimizu. CHURCH OF MISERY dwell lyrically almost obsessively on the subject of serial killers but show their obvious debt of gratitude to 70s Rock with frequent cover versions. Church of Misery allied itself with Sourvein for UK and European concerts throughout October 2006.

The Gates of Slumber has clearly become a new American voice for underground metal, and has done so with maximum conviction. With plans for serious worldwide touring on behalf of Hymns of Blood & Thunder, these guys are out to show why it is regarded as one of the most talked about new true doom / heavy metal bands today.

Philly. Heavy stuff.

Czech grindcore veterans!

Brutal crustgrind/death metal from Texas.

Blunt smoking grind freaks from Ohio.

New Jersey's best (only?) powerviolent grinders.

Sometimes you eat the weed, sometimes the weed eats you.

Black Metal Romania

Black Metal

Black Metal Canada

Negura side project

Grinding the fucking system since 2001 (Spain)

Goregrinders from Bodymore, Murderland

Local grind freaks come out of hiding

Philly death/thrash all stars.

Veteran grindcore motherfuckers responsible for classic records like 'All that Remains', 'Enslaved', and 'Means of Existence'. Grind your fuckin' head in!

The bad guys have won.

Necrotardation.

If you couldn't tell from the name, these crusty dudes play intense hard-rockin' old school metal

tour kick-off

tour kick-off

whiskey, weed, and lsd

crust/grind assault

harsh noise

Black and Green Metal

Hardcore D-Beat Punk

Heavy 90's XVX Hardcore

Brutal MD Grind Masters

NJ Two Piece Grind

Drink Up

Two Piece Grind Explosion from Delaware

The elusive Dragged Into Sunlight are a UK extreme metal act, with a collective of members, of whom some have maintained their involvement with profiled acts throughout the preceding decade.rnrnThe band have carved a unique sound established in 2006 and an underground following akin to a vast spread of bands active in the late 90s extreme, doom, death, black metal and harsh noise genres. Dragged Into Sunlight cite no specific influence other than the depression, isolation, abuse and calculated violence abundant in contemporary society.rnrnIn 2008, the band released a limited edition tape known as ‘Terminal Aggressor’ which was heavily traded, eventually selling out and never re-pressed. In 2009, the band released their debut full length ‘Hatred for Mankind’ on the then resurrected Mordgrimm Records, known for artists such as Anaal Nathrakh, Eagle Twin and Attila Cshir. The record, mastered by Billy Anderson (Eyehategod, Weedeater and Sunn) and produced by Tom Dring (Magpyes, Horsebastard and Wizard Of Misery) summoned an immediate cult following setting the benchmark for what is an ultimately unique and extreme sound. Notably, they are the only band since Sleep to boast an exclusive endorsement with Matamp.rnrnHaving signed a worldwide deal with Prosthetic Records, the label responsible for acts such as Kylesa, Ov Hell and Skeletonwitch as well as appearing alongside acts such as Ramesses, Eyehategod, Lazarus Blackstar, Akercocke, Repulsion, Origin and Vader, Dragged IntoSunlight are set to continue destroying stages from here to eternity.rnrn rnBattering your aural nerve endings with the blackest sludge mainlined from the depths of hell, Dragged Into Sunlight evokes pure horror in a manner making Dennis Nilsen seem sane. Dragged Into Sunlight is NOT a band for the weak - this is thick, sweeping riffage by the ounce, hellish vocals and thundering, redlined tom-heavy drums that ripsaw their way into your guts, causing blunt force trauma that only the select few could ever endure. Terminally slow and loud as fuck.

WOLVHAMMER is a metal band based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Self-described “blackened sludge punk,” they recently released the Dawn of the 4th EP, a follow-up to their first EP,Rich with Bloodfuel. Their drummer offered the following statement about the band; “We wanted to take the things we loved about old school black metal/post-punk/hardcore/doom/rock and infuse that into something truly honest. No bullshit Satanism or sensationalism, just pure honest hatred for religion, capitalism, politics, sheep mentality and typical human behaviour. We wanted to write simple, memorable, and truly hate-filled metal anthems for ourselves and all the other blue collar, working poor, and generally unsatisfied people who are looking for something raw and classic as soundtrack to rise up and fight the status quo around them in any way they see fit to do” - their drummer H.R. Their first full-length, Black Marketeers Of World War III has been released in 2010 by Init Records.

Legendary Post Metal Band on Translation Loss from Dayton Ohio

Baltimore Metal

2 piece Whiskey Sludge

LSD Whiskey Metal

The legendary old school MASTERS of NJ Death/Thrash

King Fowley and his evil minions

Jersey Speed/Thrash maniacs since 1985

Old school Trenton Thrashers back from the DEAD!

Trenton's own Heavy Metal warriors

Dirty & evil Death/Thrash from the bowels of NJ

South Jersey's newest metal attack

Legendary sludge metallers from the Pacific Northwest (First east coast shows in almost a decade!)

Philly noise rock in the vein of Young Widows / The Jesus Lizard (ex-The Minor Times)

Pissed as fuck noise rock from Atlanta, GA for fans of Shellac + Helmet

Psychedelic sludge from Chicago on Profound Lore Records

Local sickos that will bludgeon your senses with total old school groove, catchy riffs and killer death vokills. Sapremia was one of the premier Death Metal acts in the early 1990’s, hailing from Southern New Jersey, USA. Touring took them around the United States and their two demo releases reached the ends of the globe. They reformed in 2006 and had the first show back on January 26th, 2007. Sapremia was then signed by Open Grave Records in early 2007 and produced the acclaimed EP Hollow, which had five fresh tracks, plus 10 bonus tracks featuring the 1994 demo Existence of Torture and the 1992 demo Subconscious Rot, later that year. 2008 saw the release of their very first full length, With Winter Comes Despair, which then spawned a 15 song DVD, Live Despair.

Pure Death is really excited to bring back these crazed death filled maniacs on the heals of their Las Vegas Deathfest roadtrip and the release of a new CD! Abnormality is an extreme metal band hailing from Massachusetts, United States. Purveying a female fronted violent hybrid of the heaviest subgenres in metal, Abnormality mixes technicality and speed with devastating grooves. Taking from a wide range of influences, Abnormality captures the speed and unrelenting viciousness of Hate Eternal and Origin and infuses it with grooves and hooks more reminiscent of Suffocation and Deeds of Flesh. Abnormality came together in 2005, and now features seasoned members Mallika, Jay, Josh, Ben, and Jeremy, all hailing from various underground acts such as Goratory, Ascendancy, Sexcrement, Revengeance, and Iranach. Abnormality strives to bury the weak female fronted gimmick, and deliver a brutal sonic experience that death metal fans cannot deny.

Brutal Death Metal from NY that brings a unique style of pit wrenching slams and destroying grinds without sacrificing cool grooves and catchy riffs. Definitely sick live! A performance you don't want to miss!

Polterchrist brings extreme, hate filled, and technically precise Death/Black Metal to the mix of this sick show. This Philly wrecking crew is working on a new release and are looking forward to making your neck real sore.

VD will bring a perfect balance of unostentatious technicality, outright brutality, and ass-clobberin' slammage to this gig. They are definitely not for the weak, get ready to be bludgeoned!

Hailing from Richmond, Virginia, Municipal Waste are the reigning kings of the New Wave of Crossover. Municipal Waste deliver blazing fast, raw thrash-core in the tradition of DRI, Suicidal Tendencies..rn(aka- municipal waste is gonna F**k you up!)

Canadian heavy metal, eh?

The Savannah scene has produced so many great bands you'd be excused for thinking that sludge is in the water there, but there's no excuse for overlooking BLACK TUSK. Comparisons of 'Taste The Sin' to bands BLACK TUSK considers brothers only tell part of the tale; the band's sophomore release and first for Relapse Records rips into you with locomotive riffing and powerful percussion, creating a furious display that incorporates the fury of punk and the precision of thrash metal within a familiar Southern-fried landscape. If 'Taste the Sin' is wrong, you won't want to be right!

METAL

Metal

Traditional/Power/Thrash

Thrash

Trad

Metal

Thrash

Southern Lord is proud to unleash the second album from Seattle's barbaric wrecking crew that is BLACK BREATH! Sentenced to Life is the highly-anticipated follow-up to the band's raging 2010 debut album, Heavy Breathing. The new album projects an even more vile, metallic sonic attack than it's predecessor... with a bit less rock and roll swagger and more full-on crushing death metal rage.

Martyrdöd unleash intense raw Swedish crustcore with some black metal influences. Ultra powerful metallic käng that drags you into a world of darkness, anger and despair…This band has a distinct style within the strong tradition of Swedish hardcore. The riffs are raw and powerful, with haunting melody over a storm of raw sonic shrapnel. Two guitars trade off sledgehammer riffs and driving melodic leads.

From Trieste, Italy, The Secret come to life as an output for rage, darkness and negativity. The Secret combines elements of crust/grind, primitive black metal, dark soundscapes and monolithic riffs to take the listener by the hand through an hallucinated trip towards a foggy and yet invisible tomorrow.

When your band features ex-members from bands like Cursed, The Swarm, and Left For Dead, there's a certain amount expected out of you. Burning Love delivers.

melodic death/thrash

NH post black

MA heavy

CT black metal

black metal

All Girl Tribute to Metallica

NYC Slayer Tribute

Megadeth Tribute

Lady Anthrax Tribute

on tour from Indianapolis, IN

philadelphia grime.

Choppy punk from philly