SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) -- Two leading lights of experimental metal bring their current tour to San Francisco Thursday when Behold...the Arctopus and Imperial Triumphant play the SF Eagle. Founded ...

Originally just a black metal band, Japanese legends Sigh have taken extreme metal to new and exciting places throughout their long career. There is no better example of that than on their avant-garde ...

The avant-garde metal band Lykotonon, named for the Greek translation of “wolfsbane,” has been in the works since the early 2000s, when members Jamie Hansen, Isaac Faulk and Eric van Langenhoven ...

Part metal, part synth-wave, Thy Catafalque is bringing something new and interesting to the metal genre. Like other Season of Mist avant garde projects, this sound is unique, but with a cathartic ...

The genre-ripping breadth of can't-miss shows in October dispels the naysayer’s cry the scene is in a downward spiral. Holy Sons. The genre-ripping breadth of can’t-miss shows going down across this ...

It took six months to write, four months to record, was peppered with constant arguments between the band and almost everybody around them, and ultimately led to the demise of the band. But Into The ...

Nineties noise rockers The Jesus Lizard left an indelible mark on creators of angular, ear-piercing rock across numerous subgenres. As evidence of the Chicago-based band’s lasting influence, San ...

It’s always impressive to see a group who’ve been together for decades continue to evolve. Case in point: Chicago avant-garde psych-metal band Yakuza, who’ve been going strong since 1999. Their 2000 ...

Dave Pehling is website managing editor for CBS Bay Area. He started his journalism career doing freelance writing about music in the late 1990s, eventually working as a web writer, editor and ...

The dog days of summer are heating up as the unbearable wave of heat and humidity brings in that wretched stench that wafts over New York City and underground in the stifling subways for what seems ...