Zona – a monthly series of live metal, punk, noise and electronic music, taking place the last Sunday of every month at Brooklyn’s Public Assembly, will return for a third edition on March 28th, with the following bands on the bill:

Rosetta

Starkweather

Junius

Immanent Voiceless

8:00 PM show. 7 bucks admission.

More dates:

Rosetta:

03/27/2010 – Albany, NY @ Bogie’s – with Starkweather and Junius

Brooklyn black metallers Mutilation Rites are scheduled to perform at the following shows:

03/17/2010 – New York, NY @ Cake Shop – with Atakke, Capsule and Death First

03/25/2010 – Brooklyn, NY @ Union Pool – with Mortals, Mutant Supremacy and Claws

04/05/2010 – New York, NY @ Lit Lounge – with Mortals, Flourishing and guest DJ: Mike Scondotto (Inhuman)

06/19/2010 – New York, NY @ TBA – with Fatal and Vermefüg

NYC psychedelic rockers White Hills will team up with Gunslingers from France and Brooklyn’s La Otracina for a show at Cake Shop in NYC on Sunday, April 4th.

Doors open at 8:00 PM, 7 bucks to get in, 21 and over only.

Check out White Hills‘ music video for their track “Dead”, from the band’s latest self-titled release, out now via Thrill Jockey Records:

More dates:

White Hills:

04/28/2010 – New York, NY @ Lit Lounge – with Empty Shapes and Carlton Melton

Gunslingers:

04/09/2010 – Brooklyn, NY @ Death by Audio – with La Otracina, Pop. 1280, Pygmy Shrews and Kim Phuc

New York City hardcore punks Kraut will reunite to perform a show at Cake Shop in NYC on Saturday, March 27th, with The Krays, Everyday Dollars, Y-DI, Step2Far and About to Break also on the bill.

Doors open at 5:00 PM, $10 admission, 18 and over only.

Korn have announced an upcoming spring tour dubbed the “Ballroom Blitz Tour”, which will see the band hitting up GA ballrooms and clubs performing new material from their upcoming album, Korn III: Remember Who You Are, tentatively set for a summer 2010 release.

2Cents have been recruited as opening support for this tour.

Korn NY stops:

04/07/2010 – Utica, NY @ Utica Memorial Auditorium – not part of “Ballroom Blitz Tour”, part of WKRL’s “K-Rock’s Spring Slam”, with Five Finger Death Punch, Janus and 2Cents

05/06/2010 – Clifton Park, NY @ Northern Lights

05/10/2010 – New York, NY @ Roseland Ballroom

official statement from Korn:
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The Precious Metal series continues tonight at Lit Lounge (93 2nd Ave.) in New York City, with the following bands scheduled to perform:

The Resurrection Sorrow

Maegashira

Balance

Guest DJ: Mike SOS (Seizure Crypt)

Doors open at 8:45 PM. Cover is $6.

More dates:

The Resurrection Sorrow:

04/10/2010 – Kingston, NY @ The Basement – with Acid Arrow, The Blind Ambassadors and Silver Spade

05/15/2010 – New York, NY @ MDP

Korn have booked a few U.S. spring dates before they embark on the upcoming Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival, kicking off in July.

The band will perform in Utica, NY at Utica Memorial Auditorium on April 7th, as part of WKRL’s K-Rock’s Spring Slam.

Tickets ($35) are on sale now.

This summer Korn will release their ninth studio album entitled “Korn III – Remember Who You Are”, via EMI and produced by Ross Robinson (Slipknot, Limp Bizkit, Fear Factory).