Coming off its 2016 opus, Paradise Gallows, Inter Arma was still getting lumped in with the doom metal troop. It was understandably frustrating, considering the Virginia quintet’s unique blend of old-school death metal, psychedelic sludge and avant-garde black metal. Beside the gargantuan riffs of Steven Russell and Trey Dalton, Andrew…

Sleep performs at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco on Dec. 29, 2018. Photos: Gary Chancer. SAN FRANCISCO — The legendary stoner-doom band Sleep took the stage Saturday night at Great American Music Hall to a recording of NASA’s mission control as puffs of marijuana smoke rose…

Photos: Joaquin Cabello SAN FRANCISCO — Neurosis, the avant-garde Oakland band that has quietly influenced metal bands for more than 20 years, demonstrated the diversity of the metal genre Wednesday at the Great American Music Hall. Neurosis is a legend in the underground metal scene. Despite influencing many contemporaries, it itself hasn’t received…