Mr. Bungle performs at Fox Theater in Oakland on May 23, 2023. Nate McKinley/STAFF. OAKLAND — Mike Patton’s eclectic musical tastes were on full display Tuesday night at the Fox. The Mr. Bungle (and Faith No More) frontman kicked off a 90-minute set of relentlessly chugging thrash metal with…

Norma Jean makes Max Heilman’s list of the best metal albums of 2019 with ‘All Hail.’ We’re past the point of no return. You’re this far into my cavalcade of concussive music, so you might as well stick around, right? If you thought I was throwing a lot out…

Spotlights, “Love & Decay.” Brooklyn trio Spotlights has steadily developed their “atmospheric bludgeoning” from the 2009 single they spontaneously recorded. Married couple Sarah and Mario Quintero mix thick riffage with lofty synths and shoegazey ambience, while Chris Enriquez’s dynamic drumming empowers and directs the immersive walls of sound. This third…

Photos: Joaquin Cabello SAN FRANCISCO — Last year, post-hardcore luminaries Quicksand and Glassjaw released albums for the first time in more than a decade. Their return was followed with the announcement of a co-headlining tour, which made its Bay Area stop at the Great American Music Hall Tuesday. Quicksand took…

The Melvins perform at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco on July 10, 2017. Alessio Neri/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO — The sold-out crowd inside the Great American Music Hall hummed with excitement as the Melvins took the stage for their sixth show in a marathon 62-date American tour in…