For over 15 years, 13 Club has carved out a rock and roll refuge deep in the heart of Beijing's university district Wudaokou. Located on Chengfu Road, just across from Tsinghua University, it has acted as a safe haven for punks, metalheads, and rockers of all ilk, as well as a breeding ground for budding students looking for a little corruption. And while its no-frills ramshackle nature has largely kept it out of the limelight over the years, but now, the fact of the matter is that it's the longest-surviving music venue here in Beijing – a huge feat in itself. Sadly, this is Beijing, and we can’t go a few months without the doors of another longstanding establishment shuttering, so it’s with deep sorrow to inform music-goers that 13 Club will close up shop for good with a farewell party next Saturday, Dec 21.

While the venue was never big on celebrations (or branding in general), its last hoorah certainly takes on the air of a "go-for-broke and leave nothing on the floor" bon voyage. The behemoth of a lineup features some of the local metal scene’s most fierce and seasoned contenders, including veteran black metal band Ritual Day (pictured at top), melodic death metal outfit Purgatory, old-school metal thrashers SAW, the ever-deviant Sick Pupa, hardcore metal group Logic Control, Tianjin core ragers 641, and two secret bands, which, if anything like what came before, will probably blow some heads off.