Well, damn. Our hearts are rapidly pacing. We can’t tell if it’s because we’re ready for a new year of adventures, or if it’s because of…

…COFFEE.

So, what’s the plan, ya’ll? Luckily, Ian has already listed a lot of really solid shows happening as we ride along the holiday rush (see below) so you can plan your upcoming break from hosting family and friends with style. Thanks for checking in with your first and favorite metal news site this week! Give the gift of concert tickets.

December 5th – December 10th:

Tues. Dec. 5th, 2023: Suffocation, Final Girls, Morbid Cross, Ways to the Grave at Dingbatz in Clifton, NJ

Tues. Dec. 5th, 2023: Body Void, Trace Amount at the Saint Vitus Bar in Brooklyn, NY

Thurs Dec. 7th, 2023: Gutter Christ presents: Mortician, Reeking Aura, Chained to the Dead, Lobotomizer at Dingbatz in Clifton, NJ

Thurs Dec. 7th, 2023: Fit for an Autopsy, Exodus, Darkest Hour, Undeath at the Starland Ballroom in Sayreville, NJ

Fri. Dec. 8th, 2023: 6:30pm: Mortician, Malignancy, Immortal Suffering, Reeking Aura at the Saint Vitus Bar in Brooklyn, NY

Fri. Dec. 8th, 2023: Exmortus, Generation Kill, Hatriot, Claustrofobia at the Kingsland in Brooklyn, NY

Fri. Dec. 8th, 2023: Agnostic Front, No Redeeming Social Value, Grade 2 at the Amityville Music Hall in Long Island, NY

Fri. Dec. 8th, 2023: A Very Metal X Mass with Marc Rizzo, Suffer, Chained to the Dead at Bulletproof Music Studios in Hazlet, NJ

Fri. Dec. 8th, 2023: Exodus, Fit for an Autopsy at the Webster Theater in Hartford, CT

Fri. Dec. 8th, 2023: Pussy Riot at Warsaw in Brooklyn, NY

Fri. Dec. 8th, 2023: Meshuggah, In Flames, Whitechapel at the Paramount in Huntington LI, NY

Fri. Dec. 8th, 2023: Marky Ramone’s Holiday Blitzkrieg at the Stone Pony in Asbury, NJ

Sat. Dec. 9th, 2023: Squalor (reunion for the first time as this four piece since 2007 with Chris Harford, Eric Barnett, Michael Kinsey, and Thomas Brendan Murphy), Trio of Madness at Pino’s in Highland Park (New Brunswick area) in NJ

Sat. Dec. 9th, 2023: 15th Annual Gutter Christ Toys for Tots at Jimmy’s Lounge in Kearny, NJ

Sat. Dec. 9th, 2023: Exmortus, Generation Kill, Hatriot, Claustrofobia, Scarlet King at at Dingbatz in Clifton, NJ

Sat. Dec. 9th, 2023: The 9th Annual Christmas in H.E.L.L Festivus feat: Sickbay, Damage Inc. NY, That Nu-Metal Band, Slapjaw, Our Fears, Pack of Legend at the Place 191 Main St. New City, NY

Sat. Dec. 9th, 2023: Oddies Flea Market in NYC at the Metropolitan Pavilion

Sat. Dec. 9th, 2023: Marky Ramone’s Holiday Blitzkrieg at the Gramercy Theatre in NYC

Sat. Dec. 9th, 2023: Exodus, Fit for an Autopsy at Mulcahy’s Pub and Concert Hall

Sat. Dec. 9th, 2023: 3:30pm – Kowloon, Local H, Cherubs: Brutal Panda 15 Yr Ann at the Saint Vitus Bar in Brooklyn, NY

Sat. Dec. 9th, 2023: Sick of it All, Subzero, Maafa, Ache, None Above All at the Meadows in Brooklyn, NY

Sat. Dec. 9th, 2023: Meshuggah, In Flames, Whitechapel at the MGM Music Hall at Fenway in Boston, MA

Sun. Dec. 10th, 2023: Meshuggah, In Flames, Whitechapel at the Wellmont Theater in Montclair, NJ