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 ...

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 ...

Japanese avant-garde metal vets Sigh have announced a new album, Shiki, due August 26 via Peaceville (pre-order). Here’s some background, via the album announcement: The word “Shiki” itself has ...

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 ...