The Wonder Years are back with The Hum Goes On Forever, another masterpiece. If you catch one show in the 518 this year, let it be this one.

NJ deathcore heavies Lorna Shore hit town for a sold-out gig at Empire Live in Albany. With Shadow of Intent, Bodysnatcher, and Boundaries.

Hometown heroes Drug Church make a triumphant co-headlining homecoming to the Capital Region on their 2023 Hygiene Tour.

Legendary metal band Anvil headline Empire Underground. With Last Pharaoh, Deveria, Faced, and Joe Mansman And The Midnight Revival Band.

One of the early pioneers of American death metal, Morbid Angel return to Albany for a show guaranteed to leave your ears bleeding, at best.

Metalcore heavyweights August Burns Red headline Empire Live in Albany, with special guests The Devil Wears Prada and Bleed From Within.

Metal mania at Empire Underground: Boston metallers Pathogenic headlining with guests Inferious, Alukah, Intrusive, Kill All Betrayers, and more.

Soraia headline Empire Underground in Albany, NY. With special guests Dance Cancer, Joe Mansman, Anacortez, and Chapter 11 opening the night.

Metal mayhem at Empire Underground in Albany, with Long Island's Extinction A.D., plus Goblet, Breathless by Dawn, Mira, and x5x1x8x.

Veteran Scranton, PA punk rock quartet The Menzingers stop at Empire Live in Albany, with excellent guests A Wilhelm Scream and Ramona.

Volcandra (feat. ex members of Nile) play Empire Underground, amid the Dimensional Destruction Tour w/ Voorath, Malefic, and Divine Incarnation.

S.F. death metal pioneers Possessed make a rare appearance at Empire Underground in Albany, with Black Moriah, Malefic, Invoke Thy Wrath, Hate The Adversary and more.

Crabcore kings Attack Attack! return to the 518 with their Dark Waves Tour at Empire Underground. With Belmont, Traitors and Savage Hands.

Massachusetts metalcore/deathcore titans The Acacia Strain headline Empire Underground in Albany. With guests Escuela Grind, Year Of The Knife, and Chained To The Bottom Of The Ocean.

Madison, WI, metalcore "soft bois" Archers headline Empire Underground in Albany, NY, with guests It's Not For Me, Reprise, and Deadweight.

It's a packed lineup of killer original local 518 metal at Empire Underground, featuring scene regulars Deveria headlining. Special guests The Antarctican, Untamed, and Infinite Sin will open the evening.

Orange County punk/hardcore outfit Stick To Your Guns will headline Empire Underground in Albany, for what is sure to be a wicked pit.

Albany/Schenectady's own Millington blend classic 2000s ska-punk with modern pop-punk and emo, for a new sound that they like to call "Brass Emo." Catch them live at Empire Underground in Albany with the very excellent Keep Flying and What Makes Sense.

Prog metallers Between The Buried And Me will perform 2012's The Parallax II: Future Sequence album in its entirety, at Empire Live in Albany.

When not fronting punk rockers Against Me!, Laura Jane Grace has a vibrant solo career. Catch her live at Empire Underground in Albany.

Loss Becomes headlines Empire Underground in Albany. With guests Lybica, Godseyes, and Breathless by Dawn opening the evening.