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Animals as Leaders leads unique mixed genre show in CP
Although the debate over whether or not God exists has raged for centuries, watching Animals As Leaders’ guitarist…
Scott Ian “Speaks” in Syracuse Thursday
After a successful tour around with world in support with tenth full length album “Worship Music,” Anthrax…
Devo’s Bob Casale Dead At 61
The metal and hard rock community received the news on Monday, February 17th, that Devo's Bob Casale died of heart…
ABORTED Coming to Rochester, Albany in March
Belgian death metal veterans ABORTED are hitting the bricks in support of their upcoming release, The Necrotic…
Alestorm is in studio
Ahoy there! Pirate metal band Alestorm returns to the studio for a much-awaited fourth album to be titled Sunset on…
Pizza and CriZ retire from Lacuna Coil
Just days before they set to tour, and a few weeks before the release of Broken Crown Halo, Lacuna Coil announced…
Volbeat Headlining Spring Tour
Volbeat has just confirmed they are hitting the United States this spring on a 24-city, North American tour in…
Sammy nominee Jeremy Miller is a rocker and an author
Last December, Upstate Metal's Steve Strader took the opportunity to speak with Jeremy Miller, lead vocalist of…
Behemoth’s “The Satanist” — Scary, yet Spectacular
It would be easy to start (yet another) album review by saying how great The Satanist was, how influential Behemoth…
Dio Tribute Album to Release April 1
Earlier this week, the announcement was made that This Is Your Life, a tribute to the late Ronnie James Dio, is set…
The 16th New England Metal Festival Hits This April
One thing that makes this country so great is we get fantastic destination music festivals. Coachella, Bonnaroo,…
Featured Band: Cry To the Blind
Walt Disney did it. William Shakespeare did too. It’s taking the metal of another one’s work, and spinning it into…
Mötley Crüe Goes For One Last Ride and announce Retirement
There are bands that just don’t know when it is appropriate to hang it up. Tuesday, however, people witnessed…
Bogies Starts Crowdfunding Campaign
Bogies executive, and Albany scene heavyweight, Mike Valente recently put out a call for donations to the renowned…
Century Media co-owner dies
Oliver Withöft died January 20 at 49. We're late to report, but it would be remissible of us here at Upstate Metal…
At The Gates: We’re Getting The Band Together
In October 2007 At The Gates vocalist Tomas Lindberg told Blabbermouth.net, "No new record will be recorded. The…
An Upstate look at Rochester’s AFR
There's a rumbling coming from Western New York as of late; or so it seems from the perspective of the editor's…
Dollar Diplomacy is rockin’ the Falls
A local band from Buffalo, New York that goes by the name of Dollar Diplomacy is making quite a name for…
Lineup For Rock On The Range 2014 is set
Rock on the Range is finally here! The playbill and corresponding dates were recently announced, marking another…
Revolver’s Hottest Chicks Tour Starts February 20th
Revolver Magazine's "Hottest Chicks In Hard Rock Tour" is slated for a 20-city, winter tour starting February…