From Red Lion to Reading: How This Week's National Metal Headlines Keep Circling Back to Pennsylvania

Some weeks the national metal news cycle feels like it's happening in a different universe from your local basement show. This week isn't one of those weeks. Between a York County-born rock band recording in their own home studio, a hardcore festival stacking a lineup with names that share stages with our regional scene, and the old guard of heavy metal and thrash reminding everyone why the genre never actually died, there's a lot here that speaks directly to the Pennsylvania metal scene. Grab a coffee, or better yet a pint at Philly's ALement Beer Hall, and let's get into it.