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A Perfect Circle San Diego fans have a date and a new video to hold them over. The band released a live music video for “Starless” on Oct. 13, and its 2027 North American tour comes to North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre in Chula Vista on Tuesday, June 8, 2027, with The Cult in support,…
Bleeding Through San Diego fans get a December stacked with Southern California metalcore. Bleeding Through, Eighteen Visions, As Hope Dies and Darasuum play SOMA’s Sidestage on Friday, Dec. 4, per SOMA’s event page. It’s the middle night of a three-show SoCal run. Bleeding Through San Diego show details One aggregator lists a different door time…
San Diego’s Cascade Effect have a new video and, finally, a release date for their first full-length. The Cascade Effect Rogue Wave video landed Oct. 13 through Eclipse Records, and it’s the opening shot for The Weight of Nothingness, a 13-track album due Jan. 8, 2027. Eclipse calls the San Diego five-piece a blend of…
The San Diego Metal Swap Meet 2026 hit Fall Brewing Company Miramar on Saturday, October 10, and the weather kept things interesting. Rain came and went all afternoon, so most of the action stayed under the vendor’s tents. People still moved between the stage, the vendor tables, and the taproom, just with a little more…
Deafheaven dropped a surprise EP this morning, two days before they hit Del Mar. The new Deafheaven EP, “At Work in the Fields of the Bomb,” is out now on Roadrunner, three songs with a short film for opener “Hunter.” The band plays The Sound at the Del Mar Fairgrounds with Mastodon and Alcest this…
Trivium’s new record, “Crown in the Grave,” lands Nov. 20 on Roadrunner Records, and the Trivium Crown in the Grave era kicked off Thursday with the title track and video, per Blabbermouth. It’s the band’s first studio album with Alex Rüdinger officially on drums, and they bring it to YouTube Theater in Inglewood on Friday,…
The Soulfly Soda Bar show is four days out: Soulfly, Nailbomb and Incite take over the El Cajon Boulevard club on Monday, Oct. 12, 2026. It’s 21+, doors are at 6 p.m. per DICE, and it lands the night after Mastodon, Deafheaven and Alcest hit The Sound in Del Mar. If you’ve got a Monday…
Nekrogoblikon San Diego fans, clear your Tuesday: the LA-based goblin metal crew headlines House of Blues San Diego on Oct. 13, 2026, with Rivers of Nihil, Cyborg Octopus and local thrashers The Provoked. It’s a stop on the band’s 20th anniversary tour, and it’s an all-ages show. According to the Live Nation/Ticketmaster listing, doors open…
The Brick by Brick closing is official: the Bay Park venue at 1130 Buenos Ave. played its last show on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026, a sold-out farewell called “Bye Bye Buenos.” Two months later, the owners still haven’t said publicly why, and no new home has been announced. Brick by Brick closing: the announcement Co-owners…
The Mastodon Del Mar show is on for Sunday, October 11, 2026, when the Atlanta band brings The Poisonous Weapons Tour to The Sound at the Del Mar Fairgrounds with Deafheaven and Alcest in support. That’s three very different shades of heavy on one bill, the night after the San Diego Metal Swap Meet. One…
Arizona extreme metal pioneers Soulfly are teaming up with intergalactic shock rock legends GWAR for one of 2026’s wildest concert runs, The Gor Gor Strikes Back Tour—and they’re bringing the chaos to San Diego’s House of Blues on April 19, 2026. This massive 34-date North American trek kicks off March 19 in Richmond, VA, and…
Silver Lining Music has announced No Life ‘Til Leather – A Tribute To Metallica’s Kill ‘Em All, dropping November 14th — and the first single is already tearing faces off. Legendary UK rockers THE ALMIGHTY return with their original lineup for the first time since 1991, unleashing a savage cover of Metallica’s “The Four Horsemen.”…
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