Saturday 10.16
NYC
The Decibel Defiance Tour 2010 @ Gramercy Theatre
127 E. 23rd St. 212-777-6800. $34.25-$57.60. 6 p.m.
The mighty Suffocation are both one of the greatest bands in the history of death metal as well as one of the greatest bands to come off Long Island. And, having reformed in 2003, they’re also one of the few bands from death metal’s initial commercial heyday (late-’80s/early-’90s) still standing. But they’re not just standing, they’re thriving. The band’s 2009 release, Blood Oath, may be their very best—an intoxicating blend of technical mastery and flat-out brutality. They’re back on home turf headlining the Decibel Magazine-sponsored “Decibel Defiance Tour 2010” with The Faceless, Through the Eyes of the Dead, Decrepit Birth, and Fleshgod Apocalypse.