Welcome to the most wonderful time of the year. Here’s part one of your gift-giving guide. Please have yourselves a wonderful holiday season from Metal Insider, and Ian looks forward to eating all of your burnt Christmas cookies 8-).
December 2nd – December 7th:
Tues. Dec. 2nd, 2025: Cattle Decapitation, Aborted, Frozen Soul, Tribal Gaze at Warsaw in Brooklyn, NY Wed. Dec. 3rd, 2025: Cattle Decapitation, Aborted, Frozen Soul, Tribal Gaze at the Palladium in Worcester, MA Thurs. Dec. 4th, 2025: Death Angel – Performing “Act III” in its entirety), Vio-lence, Lions at the Gate, Misfire at Brooklyn Monarch in Brooklyn, NY Fri. Dec. 5th, 2025: Gutter Christ Birthday Party with Mortician, Dripping, Come Meirda, Crime Slug, Cold Cocked, Life of Deceit at Dingbatz in Clifton, NJ Fri. Dec. 5th, 2025: Marky Ramone’s (Holiday) Blitzkrieg at the Gramercy Theatre in NYC Fri. Dec. 5th, 2025: Death Angel – Performing “Act III” in its entirety), Vio-lence, Lions at the Gate, Misfire at the Palladium in Worcester, MA Fri. Dec. 5th, 2025: Adventures in Ozzy, BJS, Crimshaw, Hunter Road at Lucky 13 Saloon in Brooklyn, NY Fri. Dec. 5th, 2025: Kuarantine at the Debonair Music Hall in Teaneck, NJ Sat. Dec. 6th, 2025: Agnostic Front at Irving Plaza in NYC Sat. Dec. 6th, 2025: Kylesa, Pageninetynineat LPR (le) poisson rouge in Manhattan, NYC Sun. Dec. 7th, 2025: 17th Annual Gutter Christ Toys for Tots show at Dingbatz, in Clifton, NJ Sun. Dec. 7th, 2025: Pyrexia, Anti-Sapien, Somnuri, For Fuck’s Sake at the Meadows in Brooklyn, NY Sun. Dec. 7th, 2025: Death Angel – Performing “Act III” in its entirety), Vio-lence, Lions at the Gate, Misfire at Reverb in Reading, PA
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