Jan 15 (Wed) - Pintail / Regal Seagull / Modern Crocodiles - O'Briens Pub (Allston, MA) Jan 15 (Wed) - Radiodonta / The Problem With Kids Today / Nervous City - Cafe Nine, New Haven, CT + Jan 15 (Wed) - The Physics Behind the Shred with Will Lunden - MIT, Cambridge MA and/or Zoom + Jan 15 (Wed) - The Browning / Dropout Kings / Filth / The Defect / Scarecrow Hill - The Palladium (Worcester, MA) Upstairs + Jan 15 (Wed) - Blame Shifters, The Stress Balls, Disqualifier, Westside Rats - Silhouette Lounge, Allston MA + Jan 15 (Wed) - Grayskull Booking & 100 Proof Laura Presents - Graveyard Shift - Boston's Premier Metal DJ Night - DJ John Zani - Middle East (Cambridge, MA) - Zuzu + Jan 15 (Wed) - The Dirty Nil, Grumpster, House & Home - Fete Music (Providence, RI) Lounge + Jan 15 (Wed) - Shaper, Dirt Pile, Persona 749 - South Whitney Pizza, Hardfort CT + Jan 16 (Thu) - DeeJay Chain Wallet / Govlink / Dialog Talk x Barbie A.I. / Rick Gnarly - O'Briens Pub (Allston, MA) Jan 16 (Thu) - HR (Bad Brains) / T!LT / The Simulators - Cafe Nine, New Haven, CT + Jan 16 (Thu) - Pilm, Sundots, Mildly Allergic, Autumn Rhythm - The Shop, Hamden CT + Jan 16 (Thu) - The Frog, American Ethos - Middle East (Cambridge, MA) Upstairs + Jan 16 (Thu) - Vacuist, Sowing, Multiple Pieces, 40 Lashes - AS220 (Providence, RI) Jan 16 (Thu) - Bobbie, Beetsblog, Alex Homan, Cursed Image - The Firehouse, Worcester MA + Jan 16 (Thu) - fat randy, deprogrammer cult, shaper, sue - Deep Cuts, Medford MA + Jan 17 (Fri) - Charlie & Margot / Komodo Rojo / See You At Rogers / Miss Bones - O'Briens Pub (Allston, MA) Jan 17 (Fri) - HR (Bad Brains), Natural Element - Alchemy (Providence, RI) Jan 17 (Fri) - Climax (2018) - Coolidge Corner Theatre After Midnite + Jan 17 (Fri) - Carolyn & The Cable Car Crew, Whimsea's Galactic Jam, Superchild - The Parlour Providence RI + Jan 17 (Fri) - Black Pyramid, Faces of Bayon, Black Acid Prophecy, Rare Breed (ex-Lore), and Special Guest - Ralph's Diner (Worcester, MA) Jan 17 (Fri) - Zeke Martin & The Oracle - The Regattabar, Cambridge MA + Jan 17 (Fri) - SEA OF BONES, CHOP CHOP CHOP CHOP CHOP CHOP CHOP, WHEN THE DEADBOLT BREAKS - The Cellar on Treadwell, Hamden, CT + Jan 17 (Fri) - MT Metal, Officer X, Vale End - Koto, Salem MA + Jan 17 (Fri) - No More Youth, Mercy Whip, Dishpit, Orange Peaks, Raide - Koto, Lowell MA + Jan 17 (Fri) - Cooked, Sowing, Fifth World, Holder, Fundamental Issue - Arts Riot, Burlington VT + Jan 17 (Fri) - E.T., Starvation Wages, Burial Woods - Despacito, Burlington VT + Jan 17 (Fri) - AFROMAN - Webster Theatre (Hartford, CT) Jan 17 (Fri) - Morduus / Infinity Sequence / From Ashes Reborn / Hand of the Tribe / Found Piece / Epochsis - The Palladium (Worcester, MA) Upstairs + Jan 17 (Fri) - Grass Is Green / Speedy Ortiz / Pile / Mingko - Arts At The Armory, Somerville MA + Jan 17 (Fri) - Crooked Coast, The Rins - Wally's Pub (Hampton, NH) Jan 17 (Fri) - Makeout Palace, Autumn Rhythm, Dragonflies, Stringhead - Middle East (Cambridge, MA) Upstairs + Jan 17 (Fri) - Crisper (solo acoustic), The Relegated, The Haymakers, Big Limo - The Jeanie Johnston Pub, Jamaica Plain MA + Jan 17 (Fri) - Devil's Feedback (Farewell Show!), Scarecrow Hill, Fathom Farewell, Bogwrought - New World Tavern, Plymouth MA + Jan 17 (Fri) - Warmachine, K.O. Queen, Red Eft, Kisspink - Panopticon (diy venue), Allston MA (maybe ask a punk) + Jan 17 (Fri) - Little Oso / Lady Pills / Justice Cow - News Cafe, Pawtucket RI + Jan 17 (Fri) - Misaki, Godmother, My Body Hollow Tree, Solace In Bloom, Told Not To Worry, Moss Boy, Porcelain, The Dream Today, Velvet, Lino - AS220 (Providence, RI) Jan 17 (Fri) - Boyz II Men - MGM Music Hall at Fenway, Boston MA + Jan 17 (Fri) - PERENNIAL, Radical Joy, Truther - The Drake, Amherst MA + Jan 17 (Fri) - Vapors of Morphine - City Winery, Boston, MA + Jan 17 (Fri) - Minor Inconveniences, Sauce, Gagu, Symposia - C***** H****, West Haven CT + Jan 17 (Fri) - Jeez, One Hundred Thorns, Mortar, Fishface - 37 Old Orchard St, Old Orchard Beach ME + Jan 17 (Fri) - Knock Over City, The Promised End, Shaper, Deprogrammer Cult, Petal Dance - Thirsty First, Lowell MA + Jan 17 (Fri) - -Max Boars, The Ghouls, Escape Durgin - Worthen House Cafe, Lowell MA + Jan 17 (Fri) - Powerwolves • Held Captive • Cooked Alive • In Contempt - Widowmaker Brewing, Braintree MA + Jan 18 (Sat) - The Dreamtoday / Square Loop / dweller. / Good June - O'Briens Pub (Allston, MA) Jan 18 (Sat) - Sea Of Bones, Human Hunting Tactics, Tokarev, Corrupt World - Alchemy (Providence, RI) Jan 18 (Sat) - Begat The Nephilim, Inverter, Swarm of Eyes, Tek Slave, Thrash Frog - Ralph's Chadwick Square Rock Club (Worcester, MA) Jan 18 (Sat) - Nothing Underneath (1985) - Coolidge Corner Theatre After Midnite + Jan 18 (Sat) - Candy Striper Death Orgy, Objet, Exclave, King Of The Deep - Geno's (Portland, ME) Jan 18 (Sat) - Bodiless, Cytokine, Kusozu, Cannabis Crypt - Koto, Lowell MA + Jan 18 (Sat) - A Benefit For The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention: Jeopardy, Maidenhead, Graveborn, Autumn's Ashes - Koto, Salem MA + Jan 18 (Sat) - Slob Drop, Feeble Hands, Phrogs - Despacito, Burlington VT + Jan 18 (Sat) - Reverend Dan and the Dirty Catechism, Terrible, Eyrie House Ruins - Hutghi’s at the Nook, Westfield, MA + Jan 18 (Sat) - Nile / Six Feet Under / Psycroptic / Embryonic Autopsy / The Last King - The Palladium (Worcester, MA) Upstairs + Jan 18 (Sat) - The Buttondowns, Double the Dial and Pablo X Inc - Scottish Dave's Pub, Clinton CT + Jan 18 (Sat) - Takeover, The Devil's Twins, Class Presiden - Middle East (Cambridge, MA) Upstairs + Jan 18 (Sat) - Tom The Mail Man, Tahj Keeton - Sonia (Cambridge, MA) Jan 18 (Sat) - Burying Point, Rose Lane, Deaths Hand, Erase Me - Bad Brgr, Manchester NH + Jan 18 (Sat) - Exploding Zones, Demonstration Tapes, Lazy Magnet - Getties @Fete Music, Olneyville RI + Jan 18 (Sat) - Red Eft + Wooll + Femur + Mutter - AS220 (Providence, RI) Jan 18 (Sat) - Boyz II Men - Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, CT + Jan 18 (Sat) - The Dave Matthews Tribute Band - Tupelo Music Hall, Derry NH + Jan 18 (Sat) - 90’s BOY BAND DANCE PARTY: *NSYNC vs. BACKSTREET BOYS - Toad's Place (New Haven, CT) Jan 18 (Sat) - Johnny Hoy and the Bluefish - Narrows Center for the Arts, Fall River, MA + Jan 18 (Sat) - kooked out, the ghouls, river sang wild - Deep Cuts, Medford MA + Jan 18 (Sat) - Clede, Shaper, Gecko Location, Bromo Dragonfly, Form Unclear, True Now - house show, Providence RI + Jan 18 (Sat) - Teen Driver, Picniclunch, Sleep Destroyer, 40 Lashes - Tori Town, Holyoke MA + Jan 18 (Sat) - Fancy Trash, Tree Fort, Trash Panda Kill Kill - JJ's Tavern, Florence MA + Jan 18 (Sat) - Mollusk • Coma Hole • Blue Manic • Earthlore - Widowmaker Brewing, Braintree MA + Jan 19 (Sun) - Humbug / Papercage / Not Freshmen / Weigh Boat - O'Briens Pub (Allston, MA) Jan 19 (Sun) - DWELLER, Good June - Alchemy (Providence, RI) Jan 19 (Sun) - Star Trek: First Contact - Coolidge Corner Theatre, Brookline MA + Jan 19 (Sun) - OLD NORTH END, GEEKED OUT, SHORT CHANGED, SHINE - Manhattan Pizza and Pub, Burlington VT + Jan 19 (Sun) - OC45, The Jukebox Romantics, Oh The Humanity, In The Meantime - Midway Cafe (Jamaica Plain, MA) Jan 19 (Sun) - Dog Spit Nights presents : Phantom Rider, Cartridge, and DJ Dogshit - Middle East (Cambridge, MA) (Corner/Bakery) + Jan 19 (Sun) - Playing With Fire, The Makeshift Kings, JANO - Middle East (Cambridge, MA) Upstairs + Jan 19 (Sun) - Mat Kerekes, Equipment, Bike Routes - Sonia (Cambridge, MA) Jan 19 (Sun) - Stringhead, The Dragonfiles, Moss Boy, Porcelain - Omen Skate, Middletown RI + Jan 19 (Sun) - Big Girl + Mossboy + Mellowpunk - AS220 (Providence, RI) Jan 19 (Sun) - Starvation Wages + E.T. + Snowbeasts + Assblaster64 - AS220 (Providence, RI) Black Box Stage + Jan 19 (Sun) - Brace For Impact, Greyloch, 40 Lashes, Tar, Farewell Sarathael, Fat Cap, Cleansed - VFW Post 1385, Uxbridge MA + Jan 20 (Mon) - Tongue Love / Blob Villain / PV / Dress Better - O'Briens Pub (Allston, MA) Jan 20 (Mon) - Andro Queen, Smog Moss, Stock Goblin, Queer Bait - Silhouette Lounge, Allston MA + Jan 21 (Tue) - Wheels of Steel: The Influence of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal with Martin Popoff - MIT, Cambridge MA and/or Zoom + Jan 22 (Wed) - Is Heavy Metal Sacred? The Psychological Functions and Desecration of Heavy Metal with Kyle Messick - MIT, Cambridge MA and/or Zoom + Jan 23 (Thu) - History of Heavy Metal: Part I - MIT, Cambridge MA and/or Zoom + Jan 24 (Fri) - Agador, Graviton, Infinity Sequence, Bastardcurse - Hotel Vernon (Worcester, MA) Jan 24 (Fri) - Goreality / Horrible Earth / Infernal Occult /Rabid / Matriphagy - The Vault - 791 Purchase St., New Bedford, MA + Jan 24 (Fri) - Trepidation, Lungbuster, Stepdäd, Orthrus - The Loading Dock, Littleton NH + Jan 24 (Fri) - Slovo, Skvm, Mordhau, ERGI - Geno's (Portland, ME) Jan 24 (Fri) - Secret Work, Clock Out, Hard Target, Head Case - Mulligans, Biddeford ME + Jan 25 (Sat) - Malignancy, Matriphagy, Sickbay, Wretched Inferno, Squashed Beef - 10SELDEN, Woodbridge, CT + Jan 26 (Sun) - Wave Generators, NAHreally, Jesse the Tree, Ronald Raygun, + John Phelps - Machines w/ Magnets (Pawtucket, RI) Jan 27 (Mon) - Leather And Heavy Metal: More Than Meets the Eye with Haydee Irizarry - LIVE In-Person and Online - MIT's Campus in room 35-225, Cambridge MA + Jan 28 (Tue) - History of Heavy Metal: Part II - MIT, Cambridge MA and/or Zoom + Jan 29 (Wed) - Metal Aesthetics: A Rebel at the Core with Clara Wanning - LIVE In-Person and Online! - MIT's Campus in room 35-225, Cambridge MA + Jan 29 (Wed) - Angel Du$t, Jivebomb, Utility - Space Ballroom, Hamden CT + Jan 30 (Thu) - Angel Du$t, Jivebomb, Clock Out, Sinister Wand - Ralph's Chadwick Square Rock Club (Worcester, MA) Jan 31 (Fri) - Revenge, Palehorse, Instigate, Hard Cash, Gun to God’s Head, Skud - Florence VFW, Florence MA + Jan 31 (Fri) - Fiddlehead, “Linda Claire”, Glare, Prize Horse, Pet Fox - The Sinclair (Cambridge, MA) Feb 1 (Sat) - Haywire, Think I Care, Rage & Ruin, Soulless, Lenny Lashley - Middle East (Cambridge, MA) Downstairs + Feb 1 (Sat) - Burn Kit, Snake Lips, Honeywave - Auspicious Brew + Feb 2 (Sun) - The New York Hounds, Haywire, Skinhead, Leave No Doubt, Béton Armé, Rabid Few - Middle East (Cambridge, MA) Downstairs + Feb 3 (Mon) - Neuroscience of Metal with Evgeny Gromovoy - MIT, Cambridge MA and/or Zoom + Feb 5 (Wed) - All About Harsh Vocals – History, Application, and Technique with Paul Buckley - LIVE In-Person and Online! - MIT's Campus in room 35-225, Cambridge MA + Feb 6 (Thu) - Strife, Death Before Dishonor, Broken Vow, Berthold City, If It Rains - Alchemy (Providence, RI) Feb 7 (Fri) - Reckoners, Canyon Lights (ex-26 Beers) - The Stone Church (Newmarket, NH) Feb 8 (Sat) - Reckoners, Canyon Lights (ex-26 Beers) - Lizard Lounge, Cambridge MA + Feb 10 (Mon) - History of Heavy Metal: Part III - MIT, Cambridge MA and/or Zoom + Feb 12 (Wed) - Life as a Modern Metal Drummer: Tech, Production, and Touring with Matt Zappa - LIVE In-Person and Online! - MIT's Campus in room 35-225 + Feb 18 (Tue) - Haywire (on tour check for other dates WREN!), Balmora, The Pump, Dream Fatigue, Neolithic - News Cafe, Pawtucket RI + Feb 21 (Fri) - Malacath ( NH) / Witch King (RI) / Infernal Occult (RI / Maidenhead (MA) - Alchemy (Providence, RI) Feb 22 (Sat) - Haywire, Balmora, Dream Fatigue, Machines of Hate, Holder - Hutghi’s at the Nook, Westfield, MA + Feb 22 (Sat) - Collapsed Skull, Kidnapped, Zero Survive, Intensive Care Unit, Roach - Middle East (Cambridge, MA) Upstairs + Feb 23 (Sun) - Collapsed Skull, Chained To The Bottom of The Ocean, Selflove, Life Abuse, Mass Obliteration - AS220 (Providence, RI) Mar 1 (Sat) - Vanilla Fudge - Bull Run Restaurant, Shirley MA (and don't call me Shirley) + Mar 7 (Fri) - Josey Scott-The Original Voice of Saliva, Hed PEA, Adema, Flaw, Core, Lone Wolf James - Off The Rails, Worcester MA + Mar 16 (Sun) - Always Grounded, DNA's Evolution, The Mighty Suicide Squirrels - The Cantab Underground, Cambridge MA + Mar 29 (Sat) - Angel Morgue (NH) / Shitangel (VT) / Infernal Occult (RI) / Commuted (ME) / Respiratory Secretion (MA) - Jewel Music Venue (Manchester NH) Apr 6 (Sun) - Vastum, Goetia, Ancient Death, Anthropophagous - Ralph's Chadwick Square Rock Club (Worcester, MA) Apr 26 (Sat) - Poison the Well, Glassjaw, Better Lovers, Teenage Wrist - Roadrunner, Boston MA + May 4 (Sun) - Dying Fetus, Cradle of Filth, Fleshgod Apocalypse, Ne Obliviscaris, Undeath, Vomit Forth, Corpse Pile - the Palladium (Worcester, MA) May 9 (Fri) - One Fall, DNA's Evolution, The Mighty Suicide Squirrels. Type 66 - Middle East (Cambridge, MA) Upstairs + Jul 15 (Tue) - "Weird Al" Yankovic, Puddles Pity Party - Boch Center Wang Theatre, Boston MA + Jul 18 (Fri) - "Weird Al" Yankovic, Puddles Pity Party - Premier Theater at Foxwoods Resort Casino, Mashantucket, CT + Jan 18 (Wed) - Testing something - Your face +