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- Music, Music Review Jan 4, 2021
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One-man black-metal outfit Old Growth finds serenity in nature and death on Mossweaver
- Music, Music Review Nov 5, 2020
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Vetus Supulcrum create a beautiful, somber refuge on Windswept Canyons of Thule
- Music, Music Feature Sep 23, 2020
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Annihilus uses black metal’s powers for good
Inspired by comic books and science fiction, the new album Ghanima proves that negative emotions can draw people together, not just drive wedges between them.
- Music, Music Review May 15, 2020
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Okkultokrati alchemize grimy punk and metal into a dark triumph on La Ilden Lyse
- Music, Music Review Apr 17, 2020
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Feminazgûl spins anarchy, feminism, and literature into atmospheric black metal on No Dawn for Men
- Music, Music Review Apr 10, 2020
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Oranssi Pazuzu voyage beyond black metal to a sound all their own on the new Mestarin Kynsi
- Music, In Rotation Jan 11, 2019
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Kriegmeister Hatestorm of Neckbeard Deathcamp on heavy music as protest
Plus: Haggathorn guitarist Nathan Scripter on anti-Nazi black metal from Germany, Reader music editor Philip Montoro on a gorgeous video from northern Ghana, and more
- Music, In Rotation Oct 2, 2018
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Rae Amitay of Immortal Bird on the resuscitation of a TLC classic
Plus: M.K. of Fin on his favorite addictive vaporwave nonsense, Philip Montoro of the Reader on songs that sound like they’ve been blasted to atoms, and more
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 26, 2018
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Neckbeard Deathcamp go viral with a black-metal takedown of neo-Nazis
Neckbeard Deathcamp turn racist Internet edgelords' weapons against them on White Supremacy Is for Basement Dwelling Losers.
- Music, In Rotation Jan 23, 2017
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Singer-songwriter Adam Gottlieb on an album to fortify fighters for justice
Plus: Blues musician Andy Willis on the night Howlin’ Wolf got him, Reader writer Leor Galil on Ela Stiles’s mystical pop, and more
- Music, Music Feature Dec 22, 2016
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The best live metal of 2016
Metal shows remain a great way to drive hostile occupiers out of your head—whether you prefer the bitter catharsis of False or the galloping rush of Tengger Cavalry.
- Blogs, Bleader May 2, 2016
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Myrkur consecrates Thalia Hall, and then Behemoth undo her hard work with The Satanist
Behemoth played 2014's The Satanist top to bottom, and Myrkur made its Chicago debut.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 12, 2016
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Local power trio RLYR premiere the first song from their upcoming debut
Three masters of boundary-pushing metal go shiny, pretty, and epic in RLYR.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 11, 2016
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Photos of Abbath, High on Fire, Skeletonwitch, and Tribulation from Friday's Metro show
The Decibel Magazine Tour, which hit Metro on Friday, featured one of the most photogenic front men in all of black metal.
- Music, In Rotation Feb 25, 2016
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Lorena Cupcake of Store Brand Soda on an ode to thwarted taco desire
Plus: Dumpster Babies guitarist Tom Puschautz on the perfect soundtrack for angsty skater punks, Reader music editor Philip Montoro on liturgical black metal, and more
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 11, 2015
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Black-metal legends Emperor make a 24-LP box set available for preorder
In case you don't have 700 Euro to drop on Emperor's huge new box set, you can jam one of their tracks right here.
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 28, 2015
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Kenny Rasmussen's library shows head to West Town this weekend
Locals Cracked Vessel perform, and are today's 12 O'Clock Track.
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 6, 2015
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Underground black-metal heroes False come to Chicago on a rare tour
Two months ago Minneapolis black-metal band False released the year's most anticipated USBM album, and on Friday they play a rare show in Chicago.
- Music, Music Feature Apr 8, 2015
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Black-metal lightning rods Liturgy rise above the storm
Front man Hunter Hunt-Hendrix discusses the strange, exalted, and uncategorizable new album that should finally end the argument about where the band belongs.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 5, 2015
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Dødheimsgard return from eight years in oblivion with a new deranged vision for black metal
Dødheimsgard's bizarre, sprawling "Aphelion Void" ought to keep black metal's humorless genre police busy all afternoon.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 15, 2015
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Canadian war-metal maniacs Revenge make their Chicago debut on Friday
Today's 12 O'Clock track is a frenzy of hateful filth with vocals by the Tasmanian Devil.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 7, 2015
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Norwegian black-metal veterans Khold understand your feelings about winter
Today's 12 O'Clock Track is "Til Endes," a chunk of icy groove from the band's sixth full-length.
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 10, 2014
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Unsacred make black metal for pulling tree stumps
This crusty Virginia black-metal band has no use for tremolo picking that sounds like a gerbil trying to get into a can of soup.
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 25, 2014
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A reunited Liturgy comes to Land & Sea Department
The fractured Brooklyn outfit reform for a reissue, tour, and new record.
- Best of Chicago, Music & Nightlife Jun 25, 2014
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Best Black-Metal Studio Project to Hit the Stage
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