Rainbow Bar and Grill Los Angeles, CA April 19, 2026 I know our site covers Bay Area shows but this event I went to in LA was just too over the top to not cover here. The event I speak of is Rainbow Bar and Grill’s Anniversary Party. I believe they were celebrating its 54th year of business. The Bay Area Thrash scene in the 80’s was a fertile ground for LA hate. It was the norm for East Bay Thrashers to dub bands from LA as “fags” or “posers”. I never subscribed to that trai

Will Carroll here, coming at you from Hectic Records / Bleeding Priest Records headquarters. I want to talk about an upcoming release, and that is Deth Provider. This is a death metal record where I drummed on every track, and it also features members of Exhumed, Necrot, Molten, Insanity, Deathgrave, and Ripped to Shreds. It’s a great collective of musicians, and the stuff turned out great. All songs were written by this dude named Kenneth Dutton. He’s kind of the mastermind

The Regency Ballroom San Francisco, CA April 15, 2026 Dude, Deicide played “In Hell I Burn!!!” Ok, I’m getting way ahead of myself here. Sold out Death Metal show on a Wednesday night. Fuck yeah!! Anyone who says the scene in SF is dead has their head squarely up their fucking ass! The show was Behemoth, Deicide, Rotting Christ and Immolation. The venue, The Regency! All four of these bands could easily headline a show on their own, perhaps not at The Regency but they could