Email AuthorLinda Leseman
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The Best Bands Featuring the Album Art of John Dyer Baizley
May 17, 2013 in Sound of the City
John Dyer Baizley - Album Cover of Meir, by Kvelertak (2013)Tonight Norwegian power rock band Kvelertak play Webster Hall along with Georgia stoner hardcore metallers Black Tusk. (Canadian punks Cancer...
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Escape - Saint Vitus - 4/29/13
April 30, 2013 in Sound of the City
Photos: Linda LesemanBetter Than: A Cuban cigar. On Saturday night, Cuban metal band Escape played their first NYC gig at Tobacco Road in Manhattan; last night, they played Saint Vitus in...
Raven - Saint Vitus - 4/21/13
April 22, 2013 in Sound of the City
Raven's John Gallagher Once Locked Lars Ulrich In a Bathroom
April 19, 2013 in Sound of the City
Absu - Saint Vitus - 4/11/13
April 12, 2013 in Sound of the City
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What Makes NYC Metal?
April 11, 2013 in Sound of the City
New York City is intrinsically metal. But, before we get into why: what makes anything "metal"? What does calling something "metal" mean? Among those uninitiated into the metal "scene" (a word...
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Suffocation (and a Guy with a Chainsaw) - Saint Vitus - 4/5/13
April 08, 2013 in Sound of the City
Chainsaw GuyBetter Than: It's hard to think of something that this wouldn't be better than. This was one of the wildest shows I've seen at Saint Vitus. It seemed telling that...
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The Best Metal Shows in NYC This Month (A/K/A Extended Saint Vitus Listings)
April 01, 2013 in Sound of the City
SuffocationThese are the best metal shows in NYC in April.\m/Suffocation - 4/5 - Saint Vitus In February, Long Island death metal outfit Suffocation unleashed their seventh studio album, Pinnacle of Bedlam,...
Torche Are Happy, Think Nickelback Are Garbage
March 01, 2013 in Sound of the City
The Mavericks - Bowery Ballroom - 2/25/13
February 26, 2013 in Sound of the City
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Meshuggah's Mrten Hagstrm on Performing Sans Vocalist, and Being "Harm-Friendly" Psychedelic
February 21, 2013 in RFTmusic
Anthony DuboisThis week, Swedish progressive metal band Meshuggah have been performing alongside a cardboard cutout of their singer, Jens Kidman, whose fearsome voice was completely annihilated by the flu. (Don't...
Meshuggah's Mrten Hagstrm on Performing Sans Vocalist, and Being "Harm-Friendly" Psychedelic
February 15, 2013 in Sound of the City
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Why French Death Metal Band Gojira Don't Sing About Death
February 08, 2013 in Sound of the City
[Update: Gojira's concert at Irving Plaza, originally scheduled for tonight, has been postponed due to the blizzard. It's been rescheduled for February 19.] No one sounds like French metal band Gojira--or,...
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Testament's Chuck Billy on the Time He Performed a Scalping
February 01, 2013 in West Coast Sound
Chuck Billy is the six-foot-four singer of veteran thrash metal band Testament, who play House of Blues tomorrow night. You do not want to piss him off; he once laid...
Graveyard - Bowery Ballroom - 1/25/13
January 26, 2013 in Sound of the City
Thinning the Herd's Gavin Spielman Speaks About the Death of Their Drummer Rick Cimato
January 24, 2013 in Sound of the City
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Brooklyn Metal Bar Saint Vitus Just Launched A New Record Label Because HELL YEAH!
January 08, 2013 in Sound of the City
Jammi Sloane YorkOn January 1, Artie Shepherd and David Castillo--co-owner and events director, respectively, of Brooklyn venue Saint Vitus--announced the founding of their new record label: Sacrament Recordings and Merchandise....
These Artists Should Sell Coffins As Merch
January 03, 2013 in Sound of the City
