[metalheads] recent/upcoming shows?

it's been a couple months since i've seen a good metal band live. tomorrow, there is a band called the faceless playing at the meridian that i might check out. i've listened to them online a bit and they're a pretty good prog band in the mold of between the buried and me (who will be in town in january, hell yes).

has anyone been to any good shows lately or know of any good ones coming up? i'd love to discover some new music or cool venues. i normally stick to the meridian, even though it's jam-packed with 15 year-old boys with black fingernails.

any band/venue/upcoming show recommendations appreciated. :]

 

i would love to see slayer and megadeth, but $50 a pop is a little rough right now.

as for the type i like, i pretty much like any kind of metal, minus the ones with whiny/nasally/emo singers. i don't care how good the music is, i can't deal with ****ty vox.

i like the classic metal bands, but my favorite kind is progressive death metal. just the really technically mind-blowing, experimental stuff that is structured enough to appreciate yet still crazy enough to inspire people to injure each other during shows. love between the buried and me, into the moat, cannibal corpse, mastadon, zao. a broad range of subgenres.

also if i'm in the right mood i can go for some grindcore. although, i retired from grindcore concerts after splitting my lip open a few years ago at a cattle decapitation show. i can deal with bruises, but not blood.