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Mind Over Metal Fest 2024:

6/1/24 - RSC’s second annual Mind Over Metal Festival supporting the Mental Health Association of Rochester and Monroe County at the House of Guitars was a huge success! Performances by Fourth Dominion, Fox 45, Tyranitar, Necrostalker and Desekrator and vendors:

  • Nicole’s Knits and Cole’s Crotchet

  • Upstate Arts

  • Artwork by Hope Katherine

  • Kellraiser

  • Items of Holding

  • Steven Michael DeLorme

  • Andi Brown

  • Macabre Ardour

  • Marly Ramone’s Mad, Mad House of the Dead

  • Hagstash

  • JCN Art and Products

  • Unstrung Studios

Rochester Steel Collective is an artists’ collective serving the metal scene of Rochester, NY.

Our main goals are to provide easy access to local musicians and artists even outside of events, and to give back to our community.

Photography by Jon Lambert
Eternal Crypt, Bug Jar, 1/21/23

We are ONE WEEK AWAY from the first ever Mind Over Metal Festival at The House of Guitars! We're so excited to be hosting bands Acrylazea, Gates Of Paradox, Putz, @Eternal Crypt and Destroyah alongside local artists and vendors Timeless Babez, Rasja
Metal Night of Madness is **next week** at Photo City Music Hall with Gates Of Paradox. Do you have your tickets yet?
Another successful Thrash the Trash event! We really missed you there, so we hope to see you at the next one - the first Saturday of June starting at the Bug Jar at 10 AM!
NEXT WEEK catch Eternal Crypt with so many more killer bands at The Montage Music Hall for Rage Fest 2023 - tickets are $15 so DM them while they last 😈
Looking for something to do this weekend? Join us tomorrow for our second Thrash the Trash litter pick-up group, meeting in front of the Bug Jar at 10 AM. Hang out with some cool people while we do a cool thing for our community 💪 Event link for de
May, here when come! THIS Saturday, join us for our second Thrash the Trash litter pick-up event, starting at the Bug Jar at 10 AM. Then we'll be blessed with In the Shadows of Giants at The Montage Music Hall before they head off with Sastruga f
It's crazy that it's already time for our end-of-the-month April wrap up - Gates Of Paradox had a busy month, starting it out in Buffalo for an Easter show, then with a completely stacked lineup at Photo City Music Hall later on in the month. @of
LAST MINUTE SHOW ALERT ‼‼ Eternal Crypt and @destroyahofficial will be joining @sedaiband for a CRAZY last show at The Firing Pin. This building is getting demolished after this show so you know it's going to be insane 🤘
Less than ONE MONTH away from our first ever Mind Over Metal Fest! Make sure you have this one in your calendars, because it will NOT be a day to miss! You'll be able to shop local artists and vendors like @timelessbabez716, @nicolesknits_colescroc