Battling Titans: Pallbearer and High on Fire at UC Theatre Joshua Morse November 8, 2023 Berkeley, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Local Metalheads are no strangers to the concept of giving up sleep in order to see their favorite bands live. However, there is something beautiful about a concert on a Saturday night. Everyone is able to let go of ...
Doom metal legends Candlemass triumph over technical difficulties at the DNA Lounge Lily Ramus and Tyler Harding March 18, 2023 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews Photo by Lily Ramus A gloomy storm-tossed Tuesday is a miserable time to leave the house, but a perfect time for some occult doom metal. It was immediately apparent that this verdict reverberated across the...
Top Metal EPs of 2020 (So Far) Tyler Harding July 24, 2020 Album Review, Reviews The metal underground has seen a massive revival in the digital age, and it can be daunting to parse through dozens of terrible one-man basement black metal groups to find a gem. I can attest to this, as the 1...
Windhand and Satan’s Satyrs host an occult ritual at the Starline Social Club Clementine Zimmer October 21, 2018 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews It was a quiet, foggy night in Oakland. The students were studying; the working folk had all gone home. Not a single automobile was in any one of the normally crowded intersections. A few drifters loped across ...
