NYC Show Obsessive

  Bill:  Annihilation Time ,  Crux ,  Claimed Choice ,  Bog People ,  No Time ,  Fuerza Bruta ,  Concrete Elite , No Guard ,  XL Bully (On The Streets Again 3, Day 2) Venue:  Brooklyn Monarch , Brooklyn, NY Date: 7/19/25 Door: $90 (was on Tee Pee's +1) 9pm Annihilation Time Active: 2001 (Oxnard, CA) Latest Release: Down In The Street 7" (It's Alive, 2021), III-Tales of the Ancient Age (Tee Pee, 2008) Bandcamp    Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube Missed: everybody else Guitarist Graham Clise's long running band Annihilation Time came to town for the first time in God knows how long.  Last time was rumored to be the Charleston on Bedford when they were having shows in the basement.  Graham was in town recently for Stepmother so it seems like he was just around town.  That's the way it goes! I had a late meetup and got there standing outside waiting for Kenny coming from the other direction while...

  Bill: Elder/Sacri Monti/Moon Destroys Venue: Brooklyn Monarch , Brooklyn, NY Date: 4/3/25 Door: $40 (got in on guest list) 9:30 Elder Active: 2005 (Berlin, Germany via Massachusetts) Latest Release: Live at BBC Maida Vale Studios (Stickman, 2024) Featured Album: Lore (Stickman, 2015) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs   AllMusic    Setlist Wiki YouTube 8:20 Sacri Monti Active: 2015 (San Diego, CA) Latest Release: Retrieval (Tee Pee, 2024) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs AllMusic Setlist    YouTube Missed: Moon Destroys I had a bit of running around this evening for two out of town Tee Pee bands, Sacri Monti and Stepmother at TV Eye.  This meant we had to take off shortly after Elder went on.  I hadn't seen Elder for a couple years and this tour found them featuring their album Lore on it's 10th Anniversary. This was the first time I've managed to see Sacri Monti.  They only made it to NYC once before at St Vitus, but someho...

  Bill: Sodom/Whiplash/Hirax/Stress Angel Venue: Brooklyn Monarch , Brooklyn, NY Date: 10/9/24 Price: Bought $54.70 ticket on Stubhub, Dice was $69.73 advance with fees guessing door $60 10pm Sodom Active: 1981 (Gelsenkirchen, Germany) Latest Release: 40 Years At War: The Greatest Hell of Sodom (Steamhammer, 2022),   Genesis XIX (Steamhammer, 2020) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs AllMusic Setlist Wiki YouTube   Encyclopaedia Metallum 8:45pm  Whiplash Active: 1984 (Passaic, NJ) Latest Release:  Revolution Starts Here  (Floga, 2016 split with Released Anger), Unborn Again (Pulverized, 2009) Bandcamp Facebook    Discogs AllMusic Setlist Wiki YouTube 7:30pm Hirax Active: 1984 (Cypress, CA) Latest Release: Faster Than Death (Iron Shield/Rock Stakk, 2023) Bandcamp Facebook   Discog s AllMusic Setlist Wiki YouTube 6:30 Stress Angel Active: 2018 (Brooklyn, NY) Latest Release:   Punished By Nemesis  (Dying Vic...