Cobra Lounge

NYC post-hardcore outfit Big Ups welcomed their caustic debut LP, Eighteen Hours of Static, last month via Dead Labor/Tough Love. It's a snarling, in-your-face effort but also manages to contain some somber moments too...

New Zealand's Ulcerate have been carving out a unique spot for themselves---somewhere between pulverizing technical death metal and sweeping post-metal---for over a decade now...

Windhand in Brooklyn, 2013 (more by Fred Pessaro) Richmond, VA doom outfit Windhand just recently announced a large spring European tour with fellow Richmond band Inter Arma...

East of the Wall @ Saint Vitus, 2013 (more by Vladislav Grach) New Jersey prog-metal outfit East of the Wall and Chicago thrash trio Diamond Plate will be teaming up for a spring, co-headlining U...

The National @ Aragon Ballroom in 2011 (more by Grant MacAllister) Tickets to see How to Dress Well and Forest Swords at Lincoln Hall go on sale this Friday (1/24) at noon CST...

Ringworm's LP Cleveland-based metallic hardcore outfit Ringworm are slated to welcome their new album, Hammer of the Witch, on March 18 via Relapse Records...

New Year's Eve (December 31) is just around the corner... have you figured out what you're doing yet? There are a handful of great concerts and parties taking place in Chicago this year, from Death (the band) to Roky Erickson to Star Slinger to Girl Group Chicago, and many more...

New York producer/MC Roc Marciano welcomed his new album, Marci Beaucoup, last week via Man Bites Dog Records. Unlike his recent The Pimpire Strikes Back mixtape, all LP production was handled by the man himself...

Eyehategod at Saint Vitus, November 2012 (more by Lukas Hodge) Sludge metal greats Eyehategod have announced that they'll be playing a pair of Chicago shows at Cobra Lounge on November 2 & 3...

Deicide @ NYC's Gramercy Theater in 2012 (more by Johnathan McPhail) So far this year, we've been blessed with Chicago shows from death metal legends like Suffocation, Carcass, and many more...