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Extreme Music Awards 2026 – Jason Bittner’s All-Star Jam – 1/17/26 at Empire Live, Albany, NY (Photos by Mark Kurtzner)
History was made for the third time on 1/17/26, when Jason Bittner’s Extreme Music Awards All-Star Jam convened again at Empire Live Albany.
Extreme Music Awards 2026 Presentation – 1/17/26 at Empire Live, Albany, NY (Photos by Mark Kurtzner)
The Extreme Music Awards 2026 at Empire Live in Albany was a veritable who’s who of the heavy music world, both here in the 518 and beyond.
Uncle SAMM – Extreme Music Awards – 1/17/26 at Empire Live, Albany, NY (Photos by Mark Kurtzner)
Big Four thrash metal tribute Uncle SAMM opened the Extreme Music Awards with a deep set of classics on 1/17/26 at Empire Live in Albany.
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Leylines – 1/16/26 at Empire Underground, Albany, NY (Photos by Stephanie J. Bartik)
Leylines, a four-piece technical metal band, headlined the Extreme Music Awards 2026 pre-party at Empire Underground in Albany NY on 1/16/26.
Crimson Mask – 1/16/26 at Empire Underground, Albany, NY (Photos by Stephanie J. Bartik)
Albany metallic hardcore veterans Crimson Mask helped kick off the Extreme Music Awards 2026, crushing their set at the pre-party at Empire Underground in Albany NY on 1/16/26.
1000 Yrd Stare – 1/16/26 at Empire Underground, Albany, NY (Photos by Stephanie J. Bartik)
Upstate metal veterans 1000 Yrd Stare sonically brutalized the Extreme Music Awards 2026 pre-party at Empire Underground in Albany NY on 1/16/26.
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Thick as a Brick – Albany’s Brick by Brick Drop Crushing New EP, Collapse
With their brand-new EP, Collapse, Albany’s Brick by Brick has still found a way to push even further, for what is arguably one of their most confident and sonically devastating releases to date.



















