San Diego – SDMETAL https://sdmetal.com San Diego Metal Music Community Sun, 01 Nov 2026 03:50:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://sdmetal.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/cropped-sdmetal_logo_512x512-100x100.jpg San Diego – SDMETAL https://sdmetal.com 32 32 Triumph Viejas Arena Show Cancelled as Band Scraps All 16 Leg-Two Tour Dates https://sdmetal.com/triumph-viejas-arena-show-cancelled-as-band-scraps-all-16-leg-two-tour-dates/ https://sdmetal.com/triumph-viejas-arena-show-cancelled-as-band-scraps-all-16-leg-two-tour-dates/#respond Sun, 01 Nov 2026 02:59:06 +0000 https://sdmetal.com/?p=11805 The Triumph Viejas Arena concert set for Saturday, Dec. 12, is off. The Viejas Arena event page now lists the show as “Triumph CANCELLED,” after the Canadian rock band called off all 16 dates of the second leg of its “Rock & Roll Machine Reloaded” tour with special guest April Wine. The band announced the...

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]]> https://sdmetal.com/triumph-viejas-arena-show-cancelled-as-band-scraps-all-16-leg-two-tour-dates/feed/ 0 Knocked Loose and Denzel Curry Hit Gallagher Square at Petco Park Friday, Oct. 30 https://sdmetal.com/knocked-loose-petco-park/ https://sdmetal.com/knocked-loose-petco-park/#respond Fri, 30 Oct 2026 14:52:54 +0000 https://sdmetal.com/?p=11736 Knocked Loose and Denzel Curry bring their co-headlining “Hive Mind” tour to the Sycuan Stage at Gallagher Square tomorrow night, Friday, Oct. 30, 2026, making the Knocked Loose Petco Park show at 100 Park Blvd. in downtown San Diego one of the weekend’s must-know dates. Superheaven and Boundaries open, the listed start time is 7...

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]]> https://sdmetal.com/knocked-loose-petco-park/feed/ 0 Heal As One: Exodus, Slayer, Testament Members Set for Dennis Pepa Benefit Jan. 24 at DNA Lounge https://sdmetal.com/dennis-pepa-benefit-heal-as-one/ https://sdmetal.com/dennis-pepa-benefit-heal-as-one/#respond Fri, 30 Oct 2026 14:48:26 +0000 https://sdmetal.com/?p=11746 The Bay Area thrash community is rallying around one of its founders. “Heal As One: A Benefit For Dennis Pepa” takes place Sunday, Jan. 24, 2027, at DNA Lounge in San Francisco. Current and former members of Exodus, Slayer, Death Angel, Testament and more are scheduled to play this Dennis Pepa benefit for the Death...

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]]> https://sdmetal.com/dennis-pepa-benefit-heal-as-one/feed/ 0 Band Spotlight: Pathology Band at 20, From Dave Astor’s Drum Kit to a 13th Album https://sdmetal.com/pathology-band-spotlight/ https://sdmetal.com/pathology-band-spotlight/#respond Fri, 30 Oct 2026 00:02:11 +0000 https://sdmetal.com/?p=11723 Twenty years after Dave Astor formed Pathology in San Diego, the brutal death metal band has a new singer, a finished 13th album and a Nov. 29 date at the Whisky.

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]]> https://sdmetal.com/pathology-band-spotlight/feed/ 0 Agriculture Casbah Show Moves to Friday, Oct. 30 With Purest Form and Pure Hex https://sdmetal.com/agriculture-casbah-oct-30/ https://sdmetal.com/agriculture-casbah-oct-30/#respond Thu, 29 Oct 2026 15:07:56 +0000 https://sdmetal.com/?p=11711 Agriculture's San Diego tour opener at the Casbah has moved from Oct. 29 to Friday, Oct. 30, with Purest Form and Pure Hex. Original tickets will be honored.

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]]> https://sdmetal.com/agriculture-casbah-oct-30/feed/ 0 Meshuggah Announce ‘The Forty-Year Anomaly’ 2027 Tour, Skipping San Diego https://sdmetal.com/meshuggah-forty-year-anomaly-2027-tour/ https://sdmetal.com/meshuggah-forty-year-anomaly-2027-tour/#respond Wed, 28 Oct 2026 14:32:11 +0000 https://sdmetal.com/?p=11699 Meshuggah will mark their 40th anniversary with “The Forty-Year Anomaly,” a 2027 North American tour with Testament and Blood Incantation. The run doesn’t include San Diego. The nearest stop is the YouTube Theater in Inglewood on Sunday, April 25. Meshuggah’s Nearest Shows to San Diego Date City Venue April 24 Oakland, Calif. The Fox Theater...

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]]> https://sdmetal.com/meshuggah-forty-year-anomaly-2027-tour/feed/ 0 Beast In Black Announce 2027 North American Tour With Gloryhammer, Skipping San Diego https://sdmetal.com/beast-in-black-gloryhammer-2027-tour/ https://sdmetal.com/beast-in-black-gloryhammer-2027-tour/#respond Wed, 28 Oct 2026 14:32:08 +0000 https://sdmetal.com/?p=11702 Finnish power metal band Beast In Black will headline North America in February and March 2027 with Gloryhammer in support. The tour skips San Diego. The closest stops are The Belasco in Los Angeles on Sunday, Feb. 21 and The Nile Theater in Mesa, Ariz., the night before. Beast In Black’s Closest SoCal and Arizona...

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]]> https://sdmetal.com/beast-in-black-gloryhammer-2027-tour/feed/ 0 Queens of the Stone Age Open 2027 U.S. Perfecth Tour at Viejas Arena San Diego May 1 https://sdmetal.com/qotsa-viejas-arena-san-diego/ https://sdmetal.com/qotsa-viejas-arena-san-diego/#respond Mon, 26 Oct 2026 14:56:24 +0000 https://sdmetal.com/?p=11687 Queens of the Stone Age will open the U.S. leg of their 2027 Perfecth world tour at Viejas Arena in San Diego on Saturday, May 1. Pixies and Wheelchair Sports Camp support on every date of the run. The desert and stoner rock band’s run backs Perfecth, the new QOTSA album out Oct. 30 on...

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]]> https://sdmetal.com/qotsa-viejas-arena-san-diego/feed/ 0 San Diego’s Black Sunday Release Debut Album ‘Looking Down’ Oct. 30 https://sdmetal.com/black-sunday-looking-down/ https://sdmetal.com/black-sunday-looking-down/#respond Mon, 26 Oct 2026 14:55:24 +0000 https://sdmetal.com/?p=11678 San Diego band Black Sunday release their debut album, Looking Down, on Oct. 30. The 10-track record will be on all platforms that day; the band’s DistroKid page gives the release time as 9 a.m. PT. V13 premiered the full album on Oct. 25. I met Black Sunday guitarist David Taub at the San Diego...

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