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METAL SCENE IN NYC
2011 proved to be a productive and lively year for the heavy music scene in the NYC area. Clubs such as the newly opened St. Vitus in Greenpoint, the tried and true Trash Bar, the charming subterranean vibe of The Charleston in Williamsburg and the triad of The Delancey, Cake Shop and Fontana’s in the L.E.S. graciously hosted shows for the wide array of artists who fit the hard and loud tag. Hard work paid off for hometown acts such as Hull, Primitive Weapons, Mutilation Rites, and Hung, who made enough noise on stages across Brooklyn and Manhattan for indie labels like The End and Prosthetic to take notice and snatch them up. Bands such as the recently revamped Thinning The Herd (#68), the modern metal juggernaut Fall of The Albatross (#70) and the dearly departed Exemption (#39) raised the bar of musicianship in the scene with every performance while local faves Killcode, Anaka, PUI, Charetta, and Panzie flirted with breaking down doors to the mainstream by packing the larger venues in Manhattan with their anthemic hard rock and Big Apple attitudes in check and in full effect. Precious Metal Monday celebrated its sixth year as the staple at Lit on Monday nights, hosting the best of the underground’s buzzworthy national acts as well as local metal bands Tiger Flowers, Alekhine’s Gun, Flourishing, and Irony of Chaos, steadfastly shaking foundations of every building within a three-block radius. The hardcore and punk scene also experienced a strong year – thanks to performances
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1. Thursday 2. Type O Negative 3. Baroness 4. Liturgy 5. Dub Trio 6. Made Out of Babies 7. Early Man 8. Brutal Truth 9. Dillinger Escape Plan 10. A Storm of Light 11. Winter 12. Car Bomb 13. Hull 14. Acrassicauda 15. Batillus 16. ELKS 17. Hung 18. IKILLYA 19. Exemption 20. Borgo Pass Check out our self-generating onlin e charts:
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both on stage and behind the scenes from bands such as Abject, Yo! Scunt, On the Offense, Straphangers, and A Truth, working together to maintain genuine DIY ethics and sensibilities by putting together kick-ass shows anywhere and everywhere across the boroughs. Other notable acts that made waves in 2011 include grimy metal mavens Doomsday Mourning, hardcore mainstays The Last Stand, the crushing extreme metal of Thorn Constellation, throbbing industrial rockers The Amatory Murder, hard rock chameleon Kore Rozzik and dirty groove metallers Cousin Sleaze that make this scene both diverse and vibrant. (Mike SOS)