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Wretched Rites MMXXV review
By Andrew Gutierrez Sacramento just received its first dose of what is billed as “the West Coast’s most depraved celebration of blasphemy and barbarism” in the form of Wretched Rites MMXXV—a two-day music event held in downtown Sacramento at the always-accommodating Harlow’s on November 15–16, 2025. The festivities also included a pre-fest show on Thursday…
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Lorna Shore at the Masonic
By Andrew Gutierrez, Photos by Paul Salzman San Francisco, CA Wednesday, October 15th marked Lorna Shore’s San Francisco stop on their headlining tour celebrating the release of their fifth album, I Feel the Everblack Festering Within Me, out via Century Media Records. The show took place at the fabled Masonic Auditorium, perched atop the steep hills…
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Aftershock 2025 – The Review!
Oct 2 2025, It starts as any other day does, slowly rolling out of bed after doom scrolling for about 20 minutes, I roll out of bed to the sight of packed backs and raised expectations. You see for today is not like any other day, today is the first four Rock and Metal filled…
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Carnifex : Hell Chose Me Review
By Andrew Gutierrez, Photos by Paul Salzman UC Theater Berkley, CA Carnifex made its Berkley, CA stop this summer 2025 for the 15th anniversary tour of their landmark album Hell Chose Me, bringing a crushing lineup of deathcore and brutal death metal across the U.S. The tour featured support from Suffocation, Devourment (first half only), Distant,…
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TesseracT kicks off NA tour in Berkley with seemingly infinite momentum.
Photos courtesy of Paul Salzman : https://www.instagram.com/hipaulfi/ Cornerstone Berkley, CA 05/24/2025 The Cornerstone was packed to capacity Saturday night for the kickoff of TesseracT’s 2025 North American tour, with support from opening act Daedric. A staple venue in the Bay Area metal scene, The Cornerstone consistently delivers—offering a wide selection of drinks and food at…
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The Black Dahlia Murder second festival with updated line-up
Welcome to Rockville 2025 The Black Dahlia Murder delivered a powerful performance at Welcome to Rockville 2025, held at Daytona International Speedway from May 15–18. This marked one of the band’s first major festival appearances following significant lineup changes. The band’s set featured tracks from their latest album, Servitude, released in September 2024. This album…
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Aftershock 2025 Offering heavier doses of metal in 2025..
Aftershock Festival 2025, set for October 2–5 at Discovery Park in Sacramento, promises an intense lineup for fans of extreme metal. Among the standout acts are deathgrind veterans Cattle Decapitation and brutal death metal titans Dying Fetus, All Shall Perish, and Six Feet under. Cattle DecapitationHailing from San Diego, Cattle Decapitation brings their signature blend…
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Lorna Shore pairs with The Black Dahlia Murder for fall 2025 North American Tour
Lorna Shore Teams up with The black Dahlia Murder, Shadow of Intent and Peeling Flesh on what is building to be one of the most brutal tour packages of Fall 2025 so far. Lorna Shore will be touring supporting their new album, with stops at Louder than Life Festival as well as The New England…
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Concert Review: BELPHEGOR
03/30/2025 DNA Lounge SAN FRANCISCO, CA From the Shadows of Hell to the Bay Area — A Night of Unholy Rapture Last night, the DNA Lounge in San Francisco was transformed into a cathedral of chaos as Austrian blackened death metal titans Belphegor unleashed an unrelenting headlining set that was equal parts ritual, assault, and…
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