Legendary Brooklyn Metal Club Saint Vitus Bar to Return in a New Location This Fall


Over two years since being shut down in the middle of a show by the New York City Department of Buildings, Saint Vitus Bar will return to Brooklyn this fall in a new location. The new venue will be at 428 Troutman Street in Bushwick, the site of the old Brooklyn Made club, which closed in 2025. After a lot of teasing on social media leading up to the reveal, with a series of videos where Günther, the mascot/mannequin, left the bar at the old Greenpoint location on Manhattan Avenue and Clay Street, leaves his former home and sojourns to his new one. You can watch the last video in the series, which has him arriving at 428 Troutman and going inside, below.

Dubbed the “home of metal” in NYC, if not the USA, by Ghost Cult in our post-mortem about the closure, we are stoked to see it return!

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Uncle Acid and The Deadbeats, Butthole Surfers, Monolord, Bikini Kill and More Booked for Levitation Festival



The Levitation festival is returning to Austin, Texas, September 10–13, across the Red River District, East Side venues, and beyond. The organisers have now announced the full lineup for the 2026 edition, featuring Uncle Acid and The Deadbeats, Butthole Surfers, Monolord, Bikini Kill, Angine De Poitrine, Nitzer Ebb, American Football, and many others. Keep reading below for more.
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Khemmis Share a New Single and Video “Beneath the Scythe” and Announce Two Major Tours


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Denver doom institution Khemmis has dropped their second single from their massively anticipated self-titled fifth album, Beneath the Scythe. Due out June 12th via Nuclear Blast Records, the new record now has pre-orders open alongside a limited band-exclusive vinyl variant that will not last long. Stream the new single, watch the video, and grab pre-order details below. Continue reading