More music? Lots of amazing gigs are coming down the pike during these final false fall days of August. Next week is Brooklyn’s big week! If you’re in the New York area, you gotta come through all three days of Rage of Armageddon ’25. If you can’t make it, no worries – below are some other highlights for you to look through in between pre-gaming in the parking lot or however you’re choosing to spend your strummer vacation. Thanks for caring about Metal Insider – your favorite metal news website.
Maximum metal on full blast yields maximum results of raining shrapnel,
-Ian
August 22nd – August 31st:
Fri. Aug. 22nd, 2025: Architects, Holywatr, Erra at Terminal 5 in NYC
Sat. Aug, 23rd, 2025: 4pm – Metal Jiu Jitsu the Pit at Training Zone at Gramercy Park, NYC
Sat. Aug, 23rd, 2025: Mortician, Gruesome, Desolus, Frog Mallet, Severed Boy, Gravewraith at the Middle East in Cambridge, MA
Sun. Aug, 24th, 2025: Gruesome, Desolus at the Meadows in Brooklyn, NY
Tues. Aug, 26th, 2025: Satan, Mercifix, Moriøndor at Dingbatz in Clifton, NJ
Wed. Aug, 27th, 2025: Youth Code, King Yosef, Street Sects, Insula Iscariot at the Meadows in Brooklyn, NY
Wed. Aug, 27th, 2025: Murder Junkies, Spew, Blackout Shoppers, Chemical X at Lucky 13 Saloon
Wed. Aug, 27th, 2025: System of a Down, Korn, Polyphia at Metlife Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ
Wed. Aug, 27th, 2025: the Who at the Jones Beach Theater in Wantagh, LI NY
Thurs. Aug. 28th, 2025: Conan, Mares of Thrace at Tv Eye in Brooklyn, NY
Thurs. Aug, 28th, 2025: System of a Down, Korn, Polyphia at Metlife Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ
Fri. Aug, 29th, 2025: Rage of Armageddon 8 Fest *4:00 pm doors – feat. Helstar, Acheron, Bitch, Blood Curse, Unknown at the Meadows in Brooklyn, NY
Sat. Aug, 30th, 2025: Rage of Armageddon 8 Fest *1:45 pm doors – feat. Repulsion, Deceased, Aggression, Deteriorot, Prime Evil, Lurking Terror, Disciples of Death, Electrocutioner, Festergore at the Meadows in Brooklyn, NY
Sat. Aug, 30th, 2025: the Who at MSG in NYC
Sun. Aug, 31st, 2025: Rage of Armageddon 8 Fest *1:45 pm doors. feat. Jag Panzer, Liege Lord, Blood Feast, Ruthless, Destructor, Overlorde, Wretch, Nuclear Tomb, Neck Surgery at the Meadows in Brooklyn, NY
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