August Burns Red (Underworld - 6 November 2008)
 This band got its name when a former band member's girlfriend, August, burned his dog Redd alive. Morbid significance aside, the five-member group from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, is building its reputation for Christian metalcore. |
Anathema (Carling Acamemy Islington - 7 November 2008)
 Fans of Paradise Lost and My Dying Bride might like the dark sound of the Liverpool band that helped start the doom metal genre. The new French group Demians will support their 18-date European tour, stopping in London soon. |
Rancid (Astoria - 14 to 16 November 2008)
 Tim Armstrong and his band have earned credit - along with contemporaries Green Day and The Offspring - for sparking renewed interest in punk in the '90s. After lying low since 2003, the Time Bomb group is planning a new set of tracks due out this year. |
Motorhead (Hammersmith Apollo - 22 November 2008)
 London is home for the band that ripped about substance abuse and good battling evil on albums including Overkill, Ace of Spades and No Sleep 'til Hammersmith. Viewed as one of the UK's best heavy-metal bands, Motorhead will be a hot pick this November. |
Slipknot (Hammersmith Apollo - 1 to 3 December 2008)
 Gigs for this Black Sabbath-influenced group are not for the faint of heart. The nine-member heavy metal group is known to thrash about while wearing jumpsuits and alarming masks, and Rolling Stone likened their sound to "a threshing machine devouring a military drum corps". |
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