Nefarious is going on tour! After only playing at our favorite venue the DNA Lounge – 3 times, the first time nearly 2 years ago – the band is hitting the road. Finally. Nefarious is going to start out with a local mini-tour (Roseville > Berkeley > Reno) with Defiance and Parabellum. Technically it will be a multi-state tour, though just 3 gigs. A truly stacked lineup of Northern California Thrash metal! Then later this summer, Nefarious heads to Europe for the first time,

DNA Lounge San Francisco, CA June 7, 2026 Sunday night at the DNA, and my second metal show of the day. Following the afternoon death metal show, it was time for some thrash, most of it blackened. This show wasn’t very well attended, but there were a ton of young people there. Good to see the next generation into some thrash metal. Crazy deep pit pushing us old folks to the back bar. The pit was pretty wild and took up practically the whole room! Us old folks had to retreat b

Kilowatt San Francisco, CA June 7, 2026 Sunday afternoon free metal show at the Kilowatt, what could be better? Due to a birthday lunch I was late to this show, and I missed the two openers. I heard that Eaten by Insects was particularly great, I guess this was one of their first few shows. I did manage to catch the last couple songs of Viscelator, who I’ve seen multiple times and always enjoy. Frontman Justin had some technical difficulties with his guitar during the last s