Fall’s wildest death metal double-header rolled into Sonia last month with support from Enforced and Phobophilic.
King Diamond and company came to Landsdowne Street with support from Kreator and Midnight.
The heavy metal lifers brought their 50th anniversary tour to Boston with support from prog-metal pioneers Queensrÿche.
Colorado death metal quartet and east coast grind masters Full of Hell topped a five-band bill in Cambridge earlier this month.
Formerly Bostonian stoner-prog quartet Elder made a thunderous return to town with support from Poland’s Belzebong.
The German industrial metal heavyweights brought their pyro spectacular to a concert-season-closing Friday night in Foxborough.
For the second consecutive August, a day-long bill of Greater Boston heaviness brought the doom and gloom to ONCE Somerville’s outdoor show space.
A heavy Saturday night bill in Allston.
Tennessee deathgrinders Knoll returned to Allston to headline a bill with support from Funerary Spell, Prayer Position and Diva Karr.
It was a night of firsts and firsts-in-a-very-long-time as a thrash metal bill comprised of Vio-lence, Coroner, Exciter and Lich King descended on Cambridge.