- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 1, 2013
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Allagash Brewing's FV 13: Four years in a foudre on the way to your face
The first foudre beer from Allagash spent an entire presidential term souring in a big honking oak cask, where magical things happened.
- Blogs, Bleader, Feb 12, 2013
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12 O'Clock Track: Katie Got Bandz, "I Need a Hitta (Sludgehammer Blackened Drillwave Bootleg)"
Chicago drill rapper collides head-on with black metal.
- Blogs, Bleader, Dec 25, 2012
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12 O'Clock Track: Nyogthaeblisz, "Satanic Warfare"
As close as it's possible to get to the exact opposite of a Christmas song
- Blogs, Bleader, Nov 22, 2012
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12 O'Clock Track: Ragana, "666"
Take a listen to the sinister and melancholic "666" by Olympia duo Ragana
- Blogs, Bleader, Oct 26, 2012
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12 O'Clock Track: Xasthur, "The Prison of Mirrors"
Xasthur's "The Prison of Mirrors" is a huge, scary black-metal epic
- Blogs, Bleader, Oct 4, 2012
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Shows to see: Demdike Stare and Vattnet Viskar, Flatbush Zombies, ICE, and more
Shows to see this Thursday through Sunday include Demdike Stare, Flatbush Zombies, and Micachu & the Shapes
- Blogs, Bleader, Aug 17, 2012
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12 O'Clock Track: Deiphago, "Heretic Oath"
"Heretic Oath" is from the new Satan Alpha Omega by bestial Filipino black-metal band Deiphago
- Blogs, Bleader, Jul 25, 2012
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12 O'Clock Track: Nihill, "Spiral: The Tail Eater"
An ice-cold gnostic ritual from Dutch trio Nihill
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 4, 2012
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12 O'Clock Track: Moonknight, "Silver Existence"
As Moonknight, James Brown III makes haunting, atmospheric black metal like "Silver Existence."
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 19, 2012
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12 O'Clock Track: Vattnet Viskar, "Intention/Oblivion"
Huge-sounding north-woods black metal from a tiny town in New Hampshire
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 12, 2012
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12 O'Clock Track: Mayhem, "Funeral Fog"
Today's 12 O'Clock Track is "Funeral Fog," a black-metal classic by Mayhem.
- Blogs, Bleader, Feb 2, 2012
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12 O'Clock Track: Aosoth, "V"
Weird-ass French black metal
- Blogs, Bleader, Dec 12, 2011
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Tuesday at Reggie's: bizarre black metal from Inquisition
Dagon and Incubus come to Chicago, fresh from the Rites of Darkness festival in San Antonio.
- Blogs, Bleader, Nov 18, 2011
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Deafheaven at Ultra Lounge on Sunday
San Francisco black-metal five-piece Deafheaven swing through Chicago on Sunday.
- Blogs, Bleader, Nov 7, 2011
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Surachai's visually stunning, sonically gnarly album
The best avant-black-metal to come out of Chicago this year
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 21, 2011
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It Was Only a Matter of Time
Austin brewery Jester King has an imperial stout called Black Metal, with an entirely appropriate label.
- Blogs, Bleader, Jan 26, 2011
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This Looks Like a Dream I Once Had
Bad song, tired concept, great video
- Blogs, Bleader, Nov 10, 2010
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Thrill Jockey Bets on Transcendental Black Metal
Local label signs Liturgy.
- Blogs, Bleader, Aug 5, 2010
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Early Warnings Roundup
This week's Early Warnings include Black Mountain, the Adventures in Modern Music festival, Bear in Heaven, Caribou, Naked Raygun, Behemoth, Neon Indian, Pharoahe Monch, and Sleep.
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 23, 2010
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Alcest's Dangerous Fairyland
Ethereal French black-metal band Alcest plays Reggie's on Saturday.
