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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...

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  has released a new single on Nuclear Blast Records, their first new music since 2019’s Humanicide  album. (2021’s The...

Local underground metal band Frolic ( @Frolicbayarea , Bandcamp ) is hitting the road on tour for the first time, having built a...

April 25, 2025 UC Theatre Berkeley, CA Exodus  played a sold out hometown show, celebrating both the 40th anniversary of their debut...

Bleeding Priest talks about Death Angel's album, "Act III", which the band will be performing in its entirety at their Christmas show.

Death Angel  has announced its annual Christmas show, with two updates this year that fans who enjoy this annual tradition along with the...

April 25, 2025 UC Theatre Berkeley, CA On Friday night at a completely sold out and packed UC Theatre in Berkeley, California, Bay Area...

What's up metalheads, and welcome to another edition of Bleeding Priest Bay Area Metal Spotlight.  To celebrate the release of the new...

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...

April 17, 2025 Thee Parkside San Francisco, CA There were two things that occupied my time in the early 1980s (besides middle school) –...

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...

From San Francisco’s legendary metal scene emerges Nefarious , a heavy metal powerhouse uniting some of the most seasoned and revered...

April 11, 2025 DNA Lounge San Francisco, CA Ok, second night in a row at the DNA (the night before being 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The first 2 songs of Hellhunter's "Hellbanger" EP are now streaming in this YouTube video (also available on Bandcamp, Spotify, and Apple...