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Vestige, Apraxia, Thrash Compactor, EnthrallFri, Jun 20Stay Gold Deli
Diabology, Wroht, Phantasmal AbyssSat, Jun 21Neck of the Woods
Molten, Drouth, Saintbreaker, SodomySat, Jun 21Eli's Mile High Club
Aenigmatum, Liminal Shroud, Vile Rites, HemotoxinThu, Jun 26Thee Parkside
Necrot, Funeral Chant, Ancient RageFri, Jun 27Eli's Mile High Club
Creeping Death, Kruelty, Upon StoneSat, Jul 05Thee Stork Club
Hell Fire, Nefarious, Defiance (afterparty: Vorlust)Sat, Jul 19DNA Lounge
Carnifex, Suffocation, Distant, Bodybox, Monochromatic BlackFri, Jul 25UC Theatre
Frolic, Between Realms, WrohtSat, Aug 02Neck of the Woods
Bleeding Priest's Bay Area Metal Spotlight
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Death Angel Summer 2025 European Tour: Update 2
So Death Angel is making our way across Europe and have reached our second day off. The last three gigs (Milan, Rome, Switzerland) were...
Death Angel European Tour Update
Death Angel are back in Europe! After a year and a half absence it feels great to be back out here having fun with the fellas. I’m...
Napalm Death, Melvins, Hard-Ons
June 7, 2025 Cornerstone Berkeley, CA The Cornerstone was crowded early for this sold out show, the 52nd and final show of the Napalm...
Almost Dead, Cultural Warfare, Phantom Witch, Apraxia, Dungeon Crawl
June 5, 2025 DNA Lounge San Francisco, CA Thursday night at the DNA Lounge, for a showcase of 5 Bay Area thrash and death metal bands! A...
Nefarious release second single & video "Master Plan"
Bay Area thrash metal outfit NEFARIOUS — featuring Katon W. De Pena (HIRAX) on vocals, Rick Hunolt (EXODUS, DIEHUMANE) and Doug Piercy...
Old Grandad "Vol. 666 / OGD EP": Bleeding Priest's Bay Area Metal Spotlight 12
What’s up, metalheads, and welcome to a brand new edition of Bleeding Priest’s Bay Area Metal Spotlight. For this one, I’m going to be...
Bay Area Represents at Milwaukee Metal Fest
Land of Jeffrey D. here we come! I’ve never performed at a Milwaukee Metal Fest and haven’t attended one since the late 90’s. Death Angel...
Necrot "Blood Offerings": Bleeding Priest's Bay Area Metal Spotlight #11
What's up everybody and welcome to another edition of Bleeding Priest’s Bay Area Metal Spotlight. For this edition, I’ve chosen one of my...
Obscura, Atheist, Origin, Decrepit Birth, Fractal Universe
May 18, 2025 DNA Lounge San Francisco, CA Part I - Hectic's take I would have liked to see opener Fractal Universe, a progressive death...
Video Playlist: Bay Area Metal 2025 New Releases
Our YouTube playlist of videos from Bay Area heavy metal bands, released in 2025. See a video we are missing? Let us know! Haggus -...
Defiance “Void Terra Firma”: Bleeding Priest's Bay Area Metal Spotlight #10
Greetings metalheads, and welcome to another edition of Bleeding Priest’s Bay Area Metal Spotlight . For this edition, I’ve chosen a band...
Tyrranicide "God Save The Scene": Bleeding Priest's Bay Area Metal Spotlight #9
What's up everybody, and welcome to another edition of Bleeding Priest’s Bay Area Metal Spotlight . For this one, I'm covering a pretty...
Obituary, Nails, Terror, Spirit World, Pest Control
April 27, 2025 UC Theatre Berkeley, CA Sunday night show, and not only was this old man working on Monday, but I was still a bit tired...
Death Angel Release Single “Wrath (Bring Fire)”
Death Angel has released a new single on Nuclear Blast Records, their first new music since 2019’s Humanicide album. (2021’s The...
Frolic Announces First Tour
Local underground metal band Frolic ( @Frolicbayarea , Bandcamp ) is hitting the road on tour for the first time, having built a...
Exodus “Bonded by Blood” 40th Anniversary Show: Exodus, Death Angel, Blind Illusion, & Nukem
April 25, 2025 UC Theatre Berkeley, CA Exodus played a sold out hometown show, celebrating both the 40th anniversary of their debut...
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Death Angel "Act III": [Bleeding Priest's Bay Area Metal Spotlight #8]
Bleeding Priest talks about Death Angel's album, "Act III", which the band will be performing in its entirety at their Christmas show.
10th Annual Another DEATH ANGEL X-Mas Show 2025 Announced!
Death Angel has announced its annual Christmas show, with two updates this year that fans who enjoy this annual tradition along with the...
Former Guitarist Rick Hunolt joins EXODUS onstage at First 'Bonded By Blood' 40th-Anniversary Concert
April 25, 2025 UC Theatre Berkeley, CA On Friday night at a completely sold out and packed UC Theatre in Berkeley, California, Bay Area...
Exodus "Fabulous Disaster": Bleeding Priest's Bay Area Metal Spotlight #7
What's up metalheads, and welcome to another edition of Bleeding Priest Bay Area Metal Spotlight. To celebrate the release of the new...
Visions of Atlantis, Seraina Telli, WarTroll
April 18, 2025 DNA Lounge San Francisco, CA Pirate Metal night at the DNA! Honestly, this is a scene I don’t follow too closely and...
Xoth, Frolic, Dungeon Crawl, Wartroll
April 17, 2025 Thee Parkside San Francisco, CA There were two things that occupied my time in the early 1980s (besides middle school) –...
Arch Enemy, Fit for an Autopsy, BAEST, Thrown Into Exile
April 16, 2025 The Regency Ballroom San Francisco, CA I really wasn’t planning on going to this show but at the very last minute a friend...
Introducing NEFARIOUS - Bay Area Thrash Reborn!
From San Francisco’s legendary metal scene emerges Nefarious , a heavy metal powerhouse uniting some of the most seasoned and revered...
Warbringer, Allegaeon, Skeletal Remains, Summoning the Lich
April 11, 2025 DNA Lounge San Francisco, CA Ok, second night in a row at the DNA (the night before being Enforcer/Hellhunter/Trencher )...
Enforcer, Hellhunter, Trencher
April 10, 2025 DNA Lounge San Francisco, CA Thursday night upstairs at the DNA Lounge, and this old man was tired from Napalm Death and...
TRENCHER release video for title track of upcoming album “Skullcrusher”
Oakland, CA’s TRENCHER have been making the rounds in the Bay Area metal scene for the past 3 years. Their aggressive all-out speed...
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Hammers of Misfortune "17th Street" & "Dead Revolution": [Bleeding Priest’s Bay Area Metal Spotlight #6]
What's up? Welcome to the latest edition of Bleeding Priest’s Bay Area Metal Spotlight .With this one, I'm going to be covering two...
Meshuggah, Cannibal Corpse, Carcass
April 8, 2025 SF Masonic Auditorium San Francisco, CA Being that I’ve lived in SF my entire “adult” life it’s a pretty rare occurrence...
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Hectic's Turntable Top 6 [April 2025]
Welcome to Hectic’s Turntable Top 6, where I review recent releases that have been getting more than their fair share of plays on the...
Hellhunter "Hellbanger" EP Side A Stream
The first 2 songs of Hellhunter's "Hellbanger" EP are now streaming in this YouTube video (also available on Bandcamp, Spotify, and Apple...
Napalm Death, Melvins, Weedeater, Dark Sky Burial
April 7, 2025 Great American Music Hall San Francisco, CA It’s a rare occasion I go to a show on a Monday night let alone leave the...
Haunter, Trencher, Armamento Fatal
April 3, 2025 Eli’s Mile High Club Oakland, CA Thursday night at Eli’s Mile High Club in Oakland. A meager turnout was at hand for...
Belphegor, Arkona, Vale of Pnath, Phantasmal Abyss
March 30, 2025 DNA Lounge San Francisco, CA Here we are again at the DNA Lounge in San Francisco. This place has really become the...
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Mordred "In this Life" - [Bleeding Priest's Bay Area Metal Spotlight #5]
What’s up, and welcome to another edition of Bleeding Priest’s Bay Area Metal Spotlight . This one might come as a surprise to some of...
Impaled “Demo Medicale”
Impaled was one of the Bay Area’s early death metal / gore metal bands, forming in the late 1990s in Oakland, California. They came out...
Satan, Hellfire, Devolution
March 22, 2025 DNA Lounge San Francisco, CA The DNA lounge was packed early on a Saturday night for a night of classic metal (or “Trad...
Doomsday releases “Never Know Peace”
Doomsday, a Crossover Thrash band from Oakland, CA, is releasing their newest album, “Never Know Peace” March 28, 2025 on...
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High on Fire "Surrounded by Thieves" - [Bleeding Priest's Bay Area Metal Spotlight #4]
Greetings and welcome to another edition of Bleeding Priest’s Bay Area Metal Spotlight . For this edition, I'm going to be covering an...
Slough Feg's new release: “Traveller Supplement 1: The Ephemeral Glades”
San Francisco metal band Slough Feg (also known as The Lord Weird Slough Feg , but that’s a mouthful) are set to release their new album...
THE ROCKERS: Thin Lizzy for St. Patrick’s Day
March 16, 2025 Bottom of the Hill San Francisco, CA Last night, St. Patrick’s Day eve was appropriately spent with the Thin Lizzy...
Insanity, Hellhunter, Phantasmal Abyss: Hellhunter Record Release Show!
March 14, 2025 DNA Lounge San Francisco, CA It was a Friday night thrash and death metal rager at the DNA Lounge for Hellhunter’s...
NITE releases “Cult of the Serpent Sun”
I’m a big NITE fan, after first seeing them live in 2019 opening a local show at Thee Parkside here in San Francisco. I bought their...
All to the Grave, Way II Stoned, Deathwalker: Show Report
March 09, 2025 The Knockout San Francisco, CA I hadn’t been to the Knockout in some time, but they were advertising a Sunday “Doom Metal”...
Hellhunter "Hellbanger" EP & Insanity "Demo 1985": Bleeding Priest's Bay Area Metal Spotlight #3
Hello and welcome to the latest edition of Bleeding Priest’s Bay Area Metal Spotlight—say that five times drunk. In honor of Hellhunter...
Sat Nite Rundown: Exploited, Jetboy, Heartless, Mean Streak
March 8, 2025 The Fox Theatre, Redwood City, CA DNA Lounge, San Francisco, CA No shortage of live entertainment in The Bay Area this...
Frolic releases “Live at the Great American Music Hall”
Frolic is one of those metal bands that you become a fan of the first time you see them live, even if you weren’t familiar with them...
Heathen Release "Bleed the World: Live" March 14
Heathen's new album ‘Bleed The World: Live’ is out on March 14, 2025! Heathen is an American thrash metal band originating from San...
New Cartilage EP coming March 14
Goresoaked Death Grind band Cartilage from San Francisco, CA have announced their upcoming EP, "Tales from the Entrails: A Necrology"...
Ulysses Siren "Above the Ashes": Bleeding Priest's Bay Area Metal Spotlight #2
Bleeding Priest discusses Ulysses Siren, one of the Bay Area's least known early thrash metal bands, and trying to learn their complex songs
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