The Stardust USA 2026 Tour hit Brooklyn Meadows on March 24, featuring a lineup that reads like a wishlist for anyone craving technical death metal, progressive heaviness, and machine-tooled precision delivered one after another. Obscura, Allegaeon, Cognitive, and Cryptosis made up the bill, four acts that share a zip code on the genre map, but explore the territory from completely different angles. That contrast made the night feel less like a typical package tour and more like a deliberate showcase of the diverse range of modern extreme metal can offer.