Jan 21 (Tue) - Wheels of Steel: The Influence of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal with Martin Popoff - MIT, Cambridge MA and/or Zoom + Jan 21 (Tue) - Thought Partner / Gavriloprincip / Drug Deal Gone Rad / ifoundcratersonthemoon - O'Briens Pub (Allston, MA) Jan 21 (Tue) - Toad Patrol, Cosmic Triumph, Dark Rain, Here and Now - Middle East (Cambridge, MA) Upstairs + Jan 21 (Tue) - Looms / New Giant Cardiff - Cafe Nine, New Haven, CT + Jan 21 (Tue) - They Live (1988) - Coolidge Corner Theatre, Brookline MA + Jan 22 (Wed) - Is Heavy Metal Sacred? The Psychological Functions and Desecration of Heavy Metal with Kyle Messick - MIT, Cambridge MA and/or Zoom + Jan 22 (Wed) - Hailing Tides, Bearded Giant - Silhouette Lounge, Allston MA + Jan 22 (Wed) - In Through The Locked Door Presents: Adam McGrath, Jim Healey, Aaron Gray - Middle East (Cambridge, MA) (Corner/Bakery) + Jan 22 (Wed) - Venom Inc, Salem's Childe - Middle East (Cambridge, MA) Upstairs + Jan 22 (Wed) - The Fifth Element (1997) - Coolidge Corner Theatre, Brookline MA + Jan 23 (Thu) - History of Heavy Metal: Part I - MIT, Cambridge MA and/or Zoom + Jan 23 (Thu) - Kill Keno, Hung, Fear Dot Com, Report - Ralph's Chadwick Square Rock Club (Worcester, MA) Jan 23 (Thu) - Love City Dirt / The Emotional Rollercoasters / Kermit’s Finger / The Manglers - O'Briens Pub (Allston, MA) Jan 23 (Thu) - Master Boot Record, Family Jules - Sonia (Cambridge, MA) Jan 23 (Thu) - Fargo (1996) - Coolidge Corner Theatre, Brookline MA + Jan 23 (Thu) - Innervein, sevalynn, longest leash, the white bear principle - Deep Cuts, Medford MA + Jan 23 (Thu) - Bob Hatt, qu33r bait, Cryptwarbler, Hypnagogue - The Firehouse, Worcester MA + Jan 24 (Fri) - Agador, Graviton, Infinity Sequence, Bastardcurse - Hotel Vernon (Worcester, MA) Jan 24 (Fri) - Goreality / Horrible Earth / Infernal Occult /Rabid / Matriphagy - The Vault - 791 Purchase St., New Bedford, MA + Jan 24 (Fri) - Trepidation, Lungbuster, Stepdäd, Orthrus - The Loading Dock, Littleton NH + Jan 24 (Fri) - The Void Union, Dave Hillyard of The Slackers, The Hempsteady's - Scottish Dave's Pub, Clinton CT + Jan 24 (Fri) - PWRUP + Threat Level Burgundy + So Many Dangers + Palmslow - AS220 (Providence, RI) Jan 24 (Fri) - Cove, Gumby’s Girlfriend, Space Shot, Electric Haze, House Band - Ralph's Chadwick Square Rock Club (Worcester, MA) Jan 24 (Fri) - Vauli, Street Trash, Lipstick Boys, Black Hatch - Koto, Lowell MA + Jan 24 (Fri) - Myles Kennedy - Wolf Den at Mohegan Sun, Uncasville CT + Jan 24 (Fri) - The Shallows / XO / The Dreamtoday / Still Life Sounds - O'Briens Pub (Allston, MA) Jan 24 (Fri) - X-Cops, Belushi Speed Ball, US Bastards - Sonia (Cambridge, MA) Jan 24 (Fri) - Wolfhex, Burning Wind, Razed, The Outlourdes - News Cafe, Pawtucket RI + Jan 24 (Fri) - Halestorm: The Living Room Sessions w/ Lzzy & Joe - Aria Ballroom at MGM Springfield, Springfield, MA + Jan 24 (Fri) - Deal With God, Cutdown, Nature Unveiled, Through And Through - Space Ballroom, Hamden CT + Jan 24 (Fri) - The Wild Frequencies, Streamline CT, Pinto Graham, Pablo X Inc - The Cellar on Treadwell, Hamden, CT + Jan 24 (Fri) - Revenge (2017) - Coolidge Corner Theatre After Midnite + Jan 24 (Fri) - Awnthay, Dowsing Rod, Cheer, The Dragonflies - The Firehouse, Worcester MA + Jan 24 (Fri) - Vallory Falls, APE, Moth Mouth - Despacito, Burlington VT + Jan 24 (Fri) - Pierre Boulez: Fold by Fold | The radical who rebuilt the music world - Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston MA + Jan 24 (Fri) - Slovo, Skvm, Mordhau, ERGI - Geno's (Portland, ME) Jan 24 (Fri) - Secret Work, Clock Out, Hard Target, Head Case - Mulligans, Biddeford ME + Jan 25 (Sat) - J. Prozac & the Other Guys, The Wynotts, Hi-End - The Square Root, Roslindale MA + Jan 25 (Sat) - Stack, Worm, Dogs in the Woods, Lone Survivor - Barrel House Z, East Weymouth MA + Jan 25 (Sat) - Euclid, Edjinn, Erase Me, Dream Of Scipio - Alchemy (Providence, RI) Jan 25 (Sat) - The Void Union, Dave Hillyard of the Slackers, Swampanova, The Electric Heaters - Faces Brewing Co, Malden MA + Jan 25 (Sat) - Spirit Ghost + Lookers + DD Island + Scaffolding - AS220 (Providence, RI) Jan 25 (Sat) - Sacrament Presents: Death By Stereo - A Lost Boys themed Goth Night With Special Guest Tim Cappello - Ralph's Chadwick Square Rock Club (Worcester, MA) Jan 25 (Sat) - Crime Valley: Crime Stories of the Merrimack Valley - with Anngelle Wood, host of Crime of the Truest Kind - Koto, Lowell MA + Jan 25 (Sat) - Winterfest 2025 (Part 1): Barbarian, Scarecrow Hill, Devlyn Sydus, On Your Deathbed, Hand Of The Tribe, The Grey Curtain, Preylium, The DeathRaver - Hills Tavern & Grill, Chepachet RI + Jan 25 (Sat) - TRAWL / SYGNAL TO NOISE / SONIC BOMB (music video shoot) / THE KEEPER CLASS - Sacred Profane, Biddeford Maine + Jan 25 (Sat) - Rong / Jiddo/ A Monolithic Dome / Snake Drink - O'Briens Pub (Allston, MA) Jan 25 (Sat) - The Meteors - Middle East (Cambridge, MA) Upstairs + Jan 25 (Sat) - Cryptwarblr, Dei Xhrist, Pain Chain, Journey To The Center Of The Colon - The Wire Factory, Lowell MA + Jan 25 (Sat) - DAY TO ATTEND, ECHOED CHAMBER, GODS GO FIRST - Charleez Hill Museum & Events Venue, Lebanon, ME + Jan 25 (Sat) - DnA's Evolution | Sourpunch | The Mighty Suicide Squirrels | Barry Larry - Midway Cafe (Jamaica Plain, MA) Jan 25 (Sat) - Halestorm - Higher Ground Ballroom (South Burlington, VT) Jan 25 (Sat) - Deal With God, Opposition, Cutdown, Nature Unveiled, Be Released - Watertown Canadian American Club, Watertown MA + Jan 25 (Sat) - Shattered Hand, VRSA, Final Siege, EYES OF THEIA, DREAD THESE DAYS - The Cellar on Treadwell, Hamden, CT + Jan 25 (Sat) - March of the Penguins (2005) - Coolidge Corner Theatre, Brookline MA + Jan 25 (Sat) - Libby Quinn, Retail Drugs, Greaseface, Funeral Date - Radio Bean, Burlington VT + Jan 25 (Sat) - Soup Dreams, Mary Elizabeth Remmington, Berm, Bird Friend - The Firehouse, Worcester MA + Jan 25 (Sat) - Wound Man, Peace Test, Asphyxia, Twoboyskissing - Rejects Beer Co, Middletown RI + Jan 25 (Sat) - Malignancy, Matriphagy, Sickbay, Wretched Inferno, Squashed Beef - 10SELDEN, Woodbridge, CT + Jan 26 (Sun) - Malignancy, Bacterial Husk, Stagnater, Stepdäd, Opposable - Long Live Beerworks, Roxbury MA + Jan 26 (Sun) - The Void Union, Dave Hillyard of The Slackers, The Agents - Alchemy (Providence, RI) Jan 26 (Sun) - The Void Union, Dave Hillyard of the Slackers - The Stomping Ground, Putnam CT + Jan 26 (Sun) - Virginia Man / Autumn Drive / The Vallee - O'Briens Pub (Allston, MA) Jan 26 (Sun) - The Village Idiots, Cherry Crisis, Letters in June, The Town - Middle East (Cambridge, MA) Upstairs + Jan 26 (Sun) - Platinum Moon, Fossil Record, Summer Arachnid - Higher Ground - Showcase Lounge (South Burlington, VT) + Jan 26 (Sun) - JEALOUS MIND, VOICES IN VAIN, BILLY, HASTE, DIRT PILE - Cherry St. Station (Wallingford, CT) Jan 26 (Sun) - Bound / Agonized / Syro Valley / Sauce - Cafe Nine, New Haven, CT + Jan 26 (Sun) - Denis Villeneuve's Dune (both Part 1 and 2) (70mm) - Coolidge Corner Theatre, Brookline MA + Jan 26 (Sun) - Wave Generators, NAHreally, Jesse the Tree, Ronald Raygun, + John Phelps - Machines w/ Magnets (Pawtucket, RI) Jan 27 (Mon) - Leather And Heavy Metal: More Than Meets the Eye with Haydee Irizarry - LIVE In-Person and Online - MIT's Campus in room 35-225, Cambridge MA + Jan 27 (Mon) - Myles Kennedy, Tim Montana, Sons of Silver - Brighton Music Hall (Allston, MA) Jan 27 (Mon) - Neurotic / Nameless / Kujo / Vauli - O'Briens Pub (Allston, MA) Jan 27 (Mon) - Arachnodactyl, So Over It - Midway Cafe (Jamaica Plain, MA) Jan 27 (Mon) - Platinum Moon, Chaser Eight, Gina Fritz - Space Ballroom, Hamden CT + Jan 28 (Tue) - History of Heavy Metal: Part II - MIT, Cambridge MA and/or Zoom + Jan 29 (Wed) - Metal Aesthetics: A Rebel at the Core with Clara Wanning - LIVE In-Person and Online! - MIT's Campus in room 35-225, Cambridge MA + Jan 29 (Wed) - Angel Du$t, Jivebomb, Utility - Space Ballroom, Hamden CT + Jan 30 (Thu) - Angel Du$t, Jivebomb, Clock Out, Sinister Wand - Ralph's Chadwick Square Rock Club (Worcester, MA) Jan 31 (Fri) - Revenge, Palehorse, Instigate, Hard Cash, Gun to God’s Head, Skud - Florence VFW, Florence MA + Jan 31 (Fri) - Fiddlehead, “Linda Claire”, Glare, Prize Horse, Pet Fox - The Sinclair (Cambridge, MA) Jan 31 (Fri) - PSYCHO,WANTED,WHYTE LIPSTICK and S.P.U. - Cantab Lounge (Cambridge, MA) Feb 1 (Sat) - Haywire, Think I Care, Rage & Ruin, Soulless, Lenny Lashley - Middle East (Cambridge, MA) Downstairs + Feb 1 (Sat) - Burn Kit, Snake Lips, Honeywave - Auspicious Brew + Feb 2 (Sun) - The New York Hounds, Haywire, Skinhead, Leave No Doubt, Béton Armé, Rabid Few - Middle East (Cambridge, MA) Downstairs + Feb 3 (Mon) - Neuroscience of Metal with Evgeny Gromovoy - MIT, Cambridge MA and/or Zoom + Feb 5 (Wed) - All About Harsh Vocals – History, Application, and Technique with Paul Buckley - LIVE In-Person and Online! - MIT's Campus in room 35-225, Cambridge MA + Feb 6 (Thu) - Strife, Death Before Dishonor, Broken Vow, Berthold City, If It Rains - Alchemy (Providence, RI) Feb 7 (Fri) - Reckoners, Canyon Lights (ex-26 Beers) - The Stone Church (Newmarket, NH) Feb 8 (Sat) - Reckoners, Canyon Lights (ex-26 Beers) - Lizard Lounge, Cambridge MA + Feb 10 (Mon) - History of Heavy Metal: Part III - MIT, Cambridge MA and/or Zoom + Feb 12 (Wed) - Life as a Modern Metal Drummer: Tech, Production, and Touring with Matt Zappa - LIVE In-Person and Online! - MIT's Campus in room 35-225 + Feb 16 (Sun) - The Get Up Kids, The Anniversary - Fete Music (Providence, RI) The Ballroom + Feb 18 (Tue) - Haywire (on tour check for other dates WREN!), Balmora, The Pump, Dream Fatigue, Neolithic - News Cafe, Pawtucket RI + Feb 21 (Fri) - Malacath ( NH) / Witch King (RI) / Infernal Occult (RI / Maidenhead (MA) - Alchemy (Providence, RI) Feb 22 (Sat) - Haywire, Balmora, Dream Fatigue, Machines of Hate, Holder - Hutghi’s at the Nook, Westfield, MA + Feb 22 (Sat) - Collapsed Skull, Kidnapped, Zero Survive, Intensive Care Unit, Roach - Middle East (Cambridge, MA) Upstairs + Feb 23 (Sun) - Collapsed Skull, Chained To The Bottom of The Ocean, Selflove, Life Abuse, Mass Obliteration - AS220 (Providence, RI) Mar 1 (Sat) - Vanilla Fudge - Bull Run Restaurant, Shirley MA (and don't call me Shirley) + Mar 7 (Fri) - Josey Scott-The Original Voice of Saliva, Hed PEA, Adema, Flaw, Core, Lone Wolf James - Off The Rails, Worcester MA + Mar 16 (Sun) - Always Grounded, DNA's Evolution, The Mighty Suicide Squirrels - The Cantab Underground, Cambridge MA + Mar 29 (Sat) - Angel Morgue (NH) / Shitangel (VT) / Infernal Occult (RI) / Commuted (ME) / Respiratory Secretion (MA) - Jewel Music Venue (Manchester NH) Apr 6 (Sun) - Vastum, Goetia, Ancient Death, Anthropophagous - Ralph's Chadwick Square Rock Club (Worcester, MA) Apr 26 (Sat) - Poison the Well, Glassjaw, Better Lovers, Teenage Wrist - Roadrunner, Boston MA + May 4 (Sun) - Dying Fetus, Cradle of Filth, Fleshgod Apocalypse, Ne Obliviscaris, Undeath, Vomit Forth, Corpse Pile - the Palladium (Worcester, MA) May 9 (Fri) - One Fall, DNA's Evolution, The Mighty Suicide Squirrels. Type 66 - Middle East (Cambridge, MA) Upstairs + Jul 15 (Tue) - "Weird Al" Yankovic, Puddles Pity Party - Boch Center Wang Theatre, Boston MA + Jul 18 (Fri) - "Weird Al" Yankovic, Puddles Pity Party - Premier Theater at Foxwoods Resort Casino, Mashantucket, CT + Jan 18 (Wed) - Testing something - Your face +