Author: Matt Darcy

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Photos: PELICAN, RUSSIAN CIRCLES @ Bohemian National Cemetery (Chicago, IL) – 2026/09/26

September 26, 2026October 27, 2026 Matt Darcy 24 Views Beyond the Gates, Bohemian National Cemetery, Empty Bottle, Pelican, Run For Cover Records, Russian Circles, Sargent House

After touring the West Coast together in late winter of 2025 and then Europe, the Chicago-based bands would come together

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Doom Music News Photography Post-Metal Rock Sludge Stoner 

Photos: SOMERGLOOM – DAY 1: SWAMPHEAD, THE OUTLOURDES, THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY, & MAGNATER @ Deep Cuts (Medford, MA) – 2026/08/06

August 6, 2026August 31, 2026 Matt Darcy 399 Views Deep Cuts, Doom, Magnatar, Post-Metal, Sludge, Somergloom, Stoner, Swamphead, The Outlourdes, Through A Glass Darkly

Since beginning in 2021, Somergloom has been Boston’s summer loud and sad-time fest filled with doom and gloom. Keeping to

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Photos: MILWAUKEE METAL FEST – Day 1 @ The Rave/Eagles Club (Milwaukee, WI) – 2026/06/05

July 20, 2026August 5, 2026 Matt Darcy 431 Views Acid Bath, Agalloch, Blood Vulture, Cardiac Arrest, Death Angel, Death Metal, Doom, Dusk, Eagles Ballroom, Frog Mallet, Hirax, Incantation, Milwaukee Metal Fest, Monstrosity, NunSlaughter, Obituary, Pallbearer, Sludge, The Rave, Vio-lence

Acid Bath, Obituary, Agalloch, Death Angel, Nunslaughter, Monstrosity, Pallbearer, Incantation, Hirax, Cardiac Arrest, Cardiac Arrest, Frog Mallet, Blood Vulture, and Vio-lence!

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Photos: CRYPTOPSY, NECROT, SPIRIT ADRIFT, BLOOD MONOLITH @ Palladium Upstairs (Worcester, MA) – 2026/04/30

April 30, 2026June 2, 2026 Matt Darcy 624 Views Blood Monolith, Cryptopsy, Death Metal, Decibel Magazine, Necrot, Rock'n'Roll, Spirit Adrift, Stoner Rock, The Decibel Magazine Tour, Worcester Palladium

The longest-running annual heavy metal tour in North America, The Decibel Magazine Tour returns for the 13th installment, this time

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Death Metal Gallery Music News Photography 

Photos: GATECREEPER, ETERNAL, DYING REMAINS, SEVERED BOY @ Ralph’s Rock Diner (Worcester, MA) – 2026/04/29

April 29, 2026August 31, 2026 Matt Darcy 255 Views Death Metal, Dying Remains, Eternal, Gatecreeper, Maggot Stomp, Ralph's Rock Diner, Severed Boy

Death metal at the infamous Ralph’s Rock Diner in Worcester, MA just hits differently, especially when the lineup is utterly

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Photos: HOPSMOKERFEST 2026 @ Widowmaker Brewing (Braintree, MA) – 2026

April 18, 2026August 31, 2026 Matt Darcy 735 Views DJ Nothing Means Nothing, Doom, Earthlore, Gozu, Heavy Temple, High Command, Hopsmokerfest, Mother Iron Horse, Pallbearer, Rock, Sludge, Sunburster, Thrash, Waxed, Widowmaker Brewing, Worshipper

A stench of hops(?) is in the air. Thick smoke surrounds the brewery as even thicker guitar tones fill the

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Photos: FOTOCRIME & CHAINLACING @ Deep Cuts (Medford, MA) – 2026/04/13

April 13, 2026August 31, 2026 Matt Darcy 241 Views Auxiliary Records, Chainlacing, Deep Cuts, Fotocrime, Industrial, Post-Punk, Rock, These Hands Melt Records

Kentucky’s FOTOCRIME, the industrial post-punk project of Coliseum guitarist Ryan Patterson, would stop by Boston, more specifically Medford, MA, performing

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Photos: AGRICULTURE, KNOLL, GLACIER @ The Sinclair (Cambridge, MA) – 2026/02/12

February 12, 2026June 2, 2026 Matt Darcy 758 Views Agriculture, Avartgarde, Glacier, Grindcore, Knoll, Post-Metal, Sinclair

A bleak night of music in Cambridge, Massachusetts as GLACIER, KNOLL, and AGRICULTURE are set to perform. All three bands

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Photos: LEATHER LUNG, MOTHER IRON HORSE, SWAMPHEAD, GNAWED OFF @ Ralph’s Rock Diner (Worcester, MA) – 2026/02/06

February 6, 2026May 12, 2026 Matt Darcy 792 Views Gnawed Off, Leather Lung, Mother Iron Horse, Ralph's Rock Diner, Rock'n'Roll, Sludge, Stoner Rock, Swamphead

The parking lot is covered in snow and ice. You can hear the Orange Amps and Nomad Cabinets buzzing from

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Photos: SADDEST DAY FESTIVAL (Boston, MA) – 2025/12/13

December 13, 2025May 12, 2026 Matt Darcy 806 Views Coalesce, Converge, Full of Hell, Hardcore, Post-Hardcore, Powerviolence, Roadrunner Boston, Saddest Day Festival, Soul Glo, Stress Positions, The Hope Conspiracy, Touché Amoré, Wormwood, Year Of The Knife

The inaugural installment of Saddest Day, a special event curated by CONVERGE. The lineup for 2025 featured COALESCE, FULL OF

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