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The Ritz San Jose, CA September 30, 2025 San Jose ain’t where I normally spend my Tuesday nights but when High On Fire  are in town I’ll...

Pussy Palace Oakland, CA September 28, 2025 The Richmond BART line was shut down for creating chaos, there was a light rain, and I was...

Kilowatt San Francisco, CA September 25, 2025 Thursday night at the Kilowatt down on 16th street in the Mission, and a good turnout for 3...

Greetings everybody and welcome to another edition of Bleeding Priest’s Bay Area Metal Spotlight . For this edition, I’m going to be...

Plaza de Cesar Chavez San Jose, CA September 19, 2025 You know how The Grateful Dead have “Deadheads”? Well, I guess I could be...

Neck of the Woods San Francisco, CA September 20, 2025 My second time out to Neck of the Woods in just over a month, after not seeing a...

Thee Stork Club Oakland, CA September 11, 2025 I don’t think I’d seen a show at Thee Stork Club  in Oakland since the 1990s. Though it...

DNA Lounge San Francisco, CA September 10, 2025 POWER METAL!!! That’s what was on the menu at The DNA Lounge Wednesday night. But to say...

Stanyan Stage Haight Street Fair September 7, 2025 It was a hot Sunday in San Francisco, by which I mean it was in the 70s, instead of...

Memorial Park Amphitheater Hayward, CA September 6, 2025 I gotta tell ya, the amount of Saturday afternoons I’ve spent in Hayward are far...

Editor’s note: Special tribute in German to San Francisco Bay Area Heavy Metal this week, from our very own German San Franciscan...

Hey, what’s up boys and girls and welcome to Bleeding Priest’s Bay Area Metal Spotlight. You know, I’ve been putting it off for as long...

Green Music Center @ Sonoma State Rohnert Park, CA August 27, 2025 Ok, I know this is a Metal site but my feeling is…if you’re too Metal...

August 17, 2025 Pussy Palace Oakland, CA This was my first visit to the Pussy Palace, a punk house on 34th Street in West Oakland, just a...

What’s up everybody and welcome to a brand-new edition of Bleeding Priest’s Bay Area Metal Spotlight . It’s been a minute. I got home...

August 6, 2025 Regency Ballroom San Francisco, CA Hey all! I’ve been pretty silent here since returning from tour but I’ve washed the...

August 2, 2025 Neck of the Woods San Francisco, CA Saturday night metal showcase at the Neck of the Woods, out at 5th avenue and Clement...

The funny thing is, when I first started going to the DNA Lounge, I thought it was too big and corporate. Not my speed at all. (Some)...

DNA Lounge San Francisco, CA July 19, 2025 It was another home town Bay Area thrash metal family reunion of sorts at the DNA Lounge on a...

July 11, 2025 Eli’s Mile High Club Oakland, CA After a hot and sweaty Nefarious  rehearsal I was able to convince the guys (and Dave) to...