A variety of metal and rock acts are touring through New York and Connecticut in early 2025, featuring Cavalera, Rorschach Test, and Mac Sabbath. If you’re looking to add new music to your rotation, keep scrolling to learn more about the artists and discover your next favorite band! Grab your tickets from the artist websites, info is below!

Cavalera

If you’re looking to add some old-school metal to your rotation, Cavalera should be at the top of your list. In 2023, Max and Iggor Cavalera, two legendary brothers that shaped extreme metal, re-recorded their earliest releases, Morbid Visions and Bestial Devastation. It’s the same chaos, just sharpened to cut even deeper. Cavalera will visit New York on its “Third World Trilogy” tour with support from Oakland’s death metal Necrot and California thrash band Dead Heat. If you’ve been craving something heavy, this is your sign to fight your wat to the pit.

• Albany, NY – March 11 – Empire Live – $30
• Brooklyn, NY – March 13 – Warsaw – $29.50 ADV / $35 DOS

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Rorschach Test

For those who like their metal with a dark and industrial, Rorschach Test delivers the perfect blend of gritty, gothic and electronic. After releasing its latest album Fallen in October 2024, the band summons a deeply personal energy to its music, tackling themes of mental health, transformation, and defiance. You can expect something heavy, cinematic, and thought-provoking from Rorschach Test, as it opens for Genitorturers,

• Rochester, NY – April 29 – Photo City Music Hall – $25.07 ADV / $35.72 DOS
• Hamden, CT – April 30 – Space Ballroom – $32.34

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Mac Sabbath

This fast-food-themed Black Sabbath parody band takes everything you love about classic heavy metal and throws in bizarre theatrics, over-the-top satire, and a full-on attack on corporate fast food culture. Featuring characters like Ronald Osbourne and his mutants Slayer MacCheeze, Grimalice, and the Cat Burglar, it’s a full-fledged metal freak show! Having built a massive cult following, Mac Sabbath is celebrating its 10-year anniversary — so expect these shows to sell out!

• New York City, NY – May 1 – Le Poisson Rouge – $33 ADV / $39 DOS
• Fairfield, CT – May 4 – The Warehouse FTC – $32 ADV
• Buffalo, NY – May 6 – Iron Works – $32 ADV / $38 DOS

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