Jan 19 (Mon) - Old Milk Mooney, Vireo, Figurine - Best Video Film & Cultural Center, Hamden CT + Jan 19 (Mon) - Ohio State Fair, Angel Bite, Warmachine, (T-T)b - Silhouette Lounge, Allston MA + Jan 19 (Mon) - Hümna Hümna / HeadFirst / Boltzmann / Hot Slander - O'Briens Pub (Allston, MA) Jan 19 (Mon) - The Damage, Intensive Care Unit, Uniformed Service, Rabid Few, Feeble Minds - American Legion Marsh Post 442, Cambridge, MA + Jan 19 (Mon) - Return To The Pit! - WUNH Studios (Durham, NH) Jan 19 (Mon) - Jaimee Danger & The Dynamites, Storm Boy, Rise Defy, Mister Wonderful - Getties @Fete Music, Olneyville RI + Jan 19 (Mon) - The John Allmark Jazz Orchestra - Alchemy (Providence, RI) Jan 19 (Mon) - Heavy Metal 101: Music and Culture - An introduction to Heavy Metal. Topics include the musicology of Heavy Metal as well as an examination of Heavy Metal culture. This multimedia extravaganza covers everything you ever wanted to know about Heavy Metal! - Zoom registration: https://metal.mit.edu/ + Jan 19 (Mon) - Martin Luther King Jr. Day - Everywhere + Jan 20 (Tue) - Cyprus Hartford / Everybody's Worried About Owen / Ashtray Angel - Cafe Nine, New Haven, CT + Jan 20 (Tue) - Boston Typewriter Orchestra - Arlington Town Hall, Arlington MA + Jan 20 (Tue) - Vendetta Rose / Cozy Throne / Stunt! / Toy Monsoon - O'Briens Pub (Allston, MA) Jan 21 (Wed) - The Birthday Massacre, Lord of the Lost, Wednesday 13 - Toad's Place (New Haven, CT) Jan 21 (Wed) - It's Right To Rebel - Volume 8 - Jury, Point Radar, Agori, Joe Pye, Remedies - Cafe Nine, New Haven, CT + Jan 21 (Wed) - Holey Basalt! The amazing geology of the Holyoke Range! a talk with local geology professor Dr. Richard Little! - Easthampton Public Library, Easthampton MA + Jan 21 (Wed) - Karaoke with DJ Matt R - Ralph's Chadwick Square Rock Club (Worcester, MA) Jan 21 (Wed) - Permanent Blue, Will Tell Aim, Good & You?, Baby Bowler - Silhouette Lounge, Allston MA + Jan 21 (Wed) - Astral Bitch / The Collect Pond / Sailor Down/ Grinning / Joel Ronson - O'Briens Pub (Allston, MA) Jan 21 (Wed) - Metal, Community, and the Sunset Strip with David Tobin - MIT Heavy Metal 101 is pleased to present guest lecturer, David Tobin, as he outlines his time running the Roxy Theater and On The Rox in West Hollywood, California in the early 2000s. This presentation will primarily focus on the metal scene in Los Angeles and how the community responded to changes with technology and the Internet while maintaining and adapting its identity on the Sunset Strip. - Zoom registration: https://metal.mit.edu/ + Jan 22 (Thu) - Snake Lips, Jeez, Short Circuit, Care For - Rumors, Biddeford ME + Jan 22 (Thu) - Bill Murray & His Blood Brothers, Jimmy Carpenter - Citizens House of Blues Boston, Boston, MA + Jan 22 (Thu) - Lower Case Roses / Sun God / Really Great / Ezra Cohen and the Big City Band - O'Briens Pub (Allston, MA) Jan 22 (Thu) - Traveling and Reconfiguring the History of Art Through Metal with Kai Gabriela Gomez - MIT Heavy Metal 101 is pleased to present guest lecturer, Kai Gabriela Gomez. In this class, we will take a journey through the Art History and the main characteristics of several periods of art, using visual references from metal album covers and artwork of from bands around the world. - Zoom registration: https://metal.mit.edu/ + Jan 23 (Fri) - Black Season Witch / Goiter / Silver Rein - Rumors, Biddeford ME + Jan 23 (Fri) - Coyote Island, Miranda Rae - Middle East (Cambridge, MA) Upstairs + Jan 23 (Fri) - Provenance, No More Youth, Rose Land, soundoutthebraille, Ratblood - Canvas, Fitchburg MA + Jan 23 (Fri) - DD Island / Winkler / Tyler and the Names - Deep Cuts, Medford MA + Jan 23 (Fri) - Far Beyond Driven: A Pantera Tribute, Death Rattle, Kryptosporidium, Paradise is Cancelled - The Palladium (Worcester, MA) Upstairs + Jan 23 (Fri) - Marianne Toilet and the Runs / The Manglers / the Emotional Rollercoasters / Krista Page Band - O'Briens Pub (Allston, MA) Jan 23 (Fri) - Atmosphere, Sage Francis, R.A. the Rugged Man, Kool Keith, MR Dibbs - Citizens House of Blues Boston, Boston, MA + Jan 23 (Fri) - Ravage, Giftkrieg, Maidenhead, Belligerator - Koto (Salem, MA) Jan 23 (Fri) - The Orrs + Prior Panic + Psycho Tropics - AS220 (Providence, RI) Jan 23 (Fri) - Sullest, Sliimo, Ambergris - Buttonwoods Brewery 50 Sims Ave. Providence, RI 02909 + Jan 24 (Sat) - Angel Loor, Esmer, Dog Dilemma, The Problem With Kids Today - Hush House, Grosvenordale CT + Jan 24 (Sat) - Symposia, Brownie Points, Remedies, Funnybone - The Dogpound, Storrs CT + Jan 24 (Sat) - DARQ ft Rev Ben Powers, Black Season Witch, Silver Rein, Vudu:DJ - Koto, Salem MA + Jan 24 (Sat) - Stars and Stripes, Stigma, Fuerza Bruta, Hub City Stompers, Bad Terms, The Stress - Sonia (Cambridge, MA) Jan 24 (Sat) - Knives, Depopulate Montana, Night Visions, ⱠɄ₦₵Ⱨ฿ØӾ฿₳₦Đł₮ - Middle East (Cambridge, MA) (Corner/Bakery) + Jan 24 (Sat) - Mortar, Ends Of Eden, soundoutthebraille, My Hands Were Tied, ⱠɄ₦₵Ⱨ฿ØӾ฿₳₦Đł₮ - Pepperell Community Center, Pepperell MA + Jan 24 (Sat) - Boston League of Wicked Wrestlers / Pink Slip / One Fall - Deep Cuts, Medford MA + Jan 24 (Sat) - The Birthday Massacre, Lord of the Lost, Wednesday 13 - the Palladium (Worcester, MA) Jan 24 (Sat) - The Endorphins, We Are Space Horses, Honey Cassette, Lunch Mother - The Loft, Somerville MA + Jan 24 (Sat) - Things Left Unsaid / Louzy / Good June / Sorry Safari - O'Briens Pub (Allston, MA) Jan 24 (Sat) - Magic City Hippies, Supertaste - Paradise Rock Club presented by Citizens, Boston MA + Jan 24 (Sat) - Polka Party! - WUNH Studios (Durham, NH) Jan 24 (Sat) - Wettybop • The Artist Graves • SOKOMODO • SPVNYVN • Jephirsun Danger - Jewel (Manchester , NH) Jan 24 (Sat) - DD Island + Winkler + Spirit Ghost - AS220 (Providence, RI) Black Box Stage + Jan 24 (Sat) - Erase Me, Edjinn, Rose Lane, Tomorrow Untold - Fete Music (Providence, RI) Lounge + Jan 25 (Sun) - Krixus, Nick Meadan, Spill the Light, A Big Hat - Middle East (Cambridge, MA) - Zuzu + Jan 25 (Sun) - We are Space Horses / Mother Fungus / Strawberry Coffin / Lesotho - O'Briens Pub (Allston, MA) Jan 25 (Sun) - Dog Dilemma / Car Girlfriend / Roaches, All The Way Up / The New Noise - O'Briens Pub (Allston, MA) Jan 25 (Sun) - Black Season Witch / Vudu Sister / Silver Rein / tarot readings by Beth Metal - AS220 (Providence, RI) Jan 26 (Mon) - Blame It On Whitman, Care For, Cape Crush, MK Naomi - Silhouette Lounge, Allston MA + Jan 26 (Mon) - Flyway / Botch Job / Village Revival / Broken Daisies - O'Briens Pub (Allston, MA) Jan 26 (Mon) - Return To The Pitty! - WUNH Studios (Durham, NH) Jan 26 (Mon) - History of Heavy Metal: Part I - A seminar examining the history of Heavy Metal from the late 1960s through the early 1990s. Topics will include Hard Rock, Archetypal Heavy Metal, and the New Wave of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM). - Zoom registration: https://metal.mit.edu/ + Jan 27 (Tue) - Mary Poppers / Routine Happiness / Angelina Cara / Newcastle Anchorman - O'Briens Pub (Allston, MA) Jan 27 (Tue) - Neuroscience of Metal with Evgeny Gromovoy - MIT Heavy Metal 101 is pleased to present guest lecturer, Evgeny Gromovoy. How is music processed in the brain? Why does it evoke pleasure? Can it have therapeutic effects? Advances in neuroscience are beginning to unravel these intricate questions. In this talk, Evgeny will provide an overview of our current understanding—and highlight the mysteries that remain. - Zoom registration: https://metal.mit.edu/ + Jan 28 (Wed) - GHOST - Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, CT + Jan 28 (Wed) - Gene Loves Jezebel, Black Season Witch, Silver Rein, Gossip Collar - Middle East (Cambridge, MA) Upstairs + Jan 28 (Wed) - Saint Throwaway, Structure Sounds, Paint By Numbers, Something Sneaky - Silhouette Lounge, Allston MA + Jan 28 (Wed) - All About Harsh Vocals – History, Application, and Technique with Paul Buckley – LIVE In-Person and Online! - This class will take place both in-person on MIT’s Campus in room 35-225 and will be livestreamed (if possible) and recorded for later viewing. To join in person, please head to Building 35 on MIT’s campus, and room 225 will be on the second floor. Please register here: https://forms.gle/4BHMDX7YFCGGGrEU9
MAP: https://maps.app.goo.gl/AvrVmqMBTk8qe67a7 Parking is limited. **Please note: you must arrive before 7pm to be able to access the classroom.**
MIT Heavy Metal 101 is pleased to present guest lecturer, Paul Buckley. This talk will discuss the history of harsh vocals, how they are applied in everyday life, and how rock and metal singers use them to do what they do. - Zoom registration: https://metal.mit.edu/ + Jan 30 (Fri) - Dogheaven, Nightfall, Propolis, Ow! Ouch! Owwie! - The Felt Fanatic (Salem, MA) + Jan 30 (Fri) - Black Season Witch, Gene Loves Jezebel, Gossip Gollar, Silver Rein - Jewel (Manchester , NH) Jan 30 (Fri) - Poor Impulse Control(Record Release)/Klaxon/Badterms/Grem/DJ Tom Butts - Neptunes (Cape Cod) + Jan 31 (Sat) - Black Season Witch/Midnight Psychic/Silver Rein/Gene Loves Jezebel - Webster Underground, Hartford CT + Jan 31 (Sat) - Candy Striper Death Orgy, PSYCHO and Konseptikor - Kettlehead on Main-97 Main St Nashua,NH + Jan 31 (Sat) - Dogheaven, Nightfall, Hallowed Blood, Palmslow - AS220 (Providence, RI) Feb 2 (Mon) - Mosh Pits to Mise en Place with Elvia and Alex García - MIT Heavy Metal 101 is pleased to present guest lecturers, Alex and Elvia García. This lecture will explore the overlap between metal scenes and kitchens, mapping where metal’s values – authenticity, extreme passions, and DIY mentalities – match with restaurant life and building a community. - Zoom registration: https://metal.mit.edu/ + Feb 4 (Wed) - History of Heavy Metal: Part II - A seminar examining the history of Heavy Metal from the early 1980s to the present. Topics include Power Metal, Thrash Metal and the Big 4. - Zoom registration: https://metal.mit.edu/ + Feb 5 (Thu) - The Physics of Metal Guitar with Will Lunden - MIT Heavy Metal 101 is pleased to present guest lecturer, Will Lunden. Will’s session will focus on the physics at the heart of the electric guitar in metal, and how the fundamental properties of waves and electronics lead to its characteristic sounds. Topics covered will include electric guitar pickup design and placement, natural and artificial harmonics, multiscale/”fanned fret” guitars, true temperament guitars, the boons and banes of nonlinearity, and why distortion is so integral to the “heavy metal sound.” There will be also be some shred-tastic demonstrations along the way. - Zoom registration: https://metal.mit.edu/ + Feb 9 (Mon) - History of Heavy Metal: Part III - This will be a seminar examining even more genres of Heavy Metal. Topics will include more about the (then) New Wave of American Metal, Black Metal, Death Metal, and Progressive Metal. - Zoom registration: https://metal.mit.edu/ + Feb 11 (Wed) - Billy F Gibbons and the BFG Band - Plymouth Memorial Hall, Plymouth MA + Feb 12 (Thu) - The Birth of Metal: Blue Cheer Prove that Metal is More than Music with Bob Mayo - MIT Heavy Metal 101 is pleased to present guest lecturer, Bob Mayo. In this presentation, Boston-area metal musician Bob Mayo will attempt to establish conclusively that California’s Blue Cheer was the first heavy metal band, and their debut album “Vincebus Eruptum” is the first heavy metal album. Mayo will use choice examples of the band’s music, but also key interview excerpts from contemporary published interviews as well as TV appearances. The debate ends here! - Zoom registration: https://metal.mit.edu/ + Feb 17 (Tue) - The Runarounds, Aestrea, Hey I'm Outside - Citizens House of Blues Boston, Boston, MA + Feb 19 (Thu) - Abel Blood, Stoned Shadow, Mercury Burns First, Project H - The Shaskeen + Feb 19 (Thu) - History of Heavy Metal: Part IV - This will be a seminar examining even more genres of Heavy Metal. Topics will include more about Metal Fusion, Experimental and Avant-Garde Metal, and whatever else we missed so far. As always, it’s going to get weird. - Zoom registration: https://metal.mit.edu/ + Jun 28 (Wed) - SANCTUS IUDA (POLAND), DROPDEAD, THE MASSACRED, KNELT - The Cantab Underground, Cambridge MA + CANCELLED Jan 18 (Wed) - Testing something - Your face +