Today’s Top Tips for Live Music (November 19, 2021)

Best bet: Opeth / Mastodon / Zeal & Ardor @ Palace Theatre, Albany.

Progressive metal giants Opeth and Mastodon co-headline at the Palace, the latter in support of their just-released latest album Hushed and Grim. Switzerland’s Zeal & Ardor, who open, was formed around an attempt to marry black metal music with African American spirituals. That alone is worth getting there on time for. (7:00)

Other Featured Events

• “Super Dark Days” with Architrave (record release) / Ryan Flynn / Wax Shamu @ Rare Form, Troy. (6:00)
• Omerta / Vended / Degrader / Oakheart / Violence / Born Dying / Lifelong Death @ Empire Underground, Albany. (6:30)
• Pat Metheny’s Side-Eye featuring James Francies & Joe Dyson @ Troy Music Hall, Troy. (8:00)
• Pokey LaFarge / Esther Rose @ The Egg, Albany. (8:00, Swyer Theatre)
• Darrell Scott @ Caffe Lena, Saratoga Springs. (8:00)
• Sierra Ferrell / Bella White @ Lark Hall, Albany. (8:00)
• Blue Star Radiation / 2 Seas in a Pod @ Putnam Place, Saratoga Springs. (9:00)

For additional listings, see our Calendar. Is there a gig (original music) missing? Email us at [email protected].