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Deep Space Dark Ambient: Mare Crisium Goes Beyond the Moon on Self-Titled Debut (Album Stream + Interview)

With only a double bass and eight-string guitar, the Chicago duo (members of Morgue Supplier, Sons of Ra) delves into the almost incomprehensible depths of space as inspiration for a dark ambient soundscape.

"Church of the Nuclear Bomb": Ready for Death Thrashes with Atomic Fury (Track + Video Premiere)

Ex-Pelican/Asschapel guitarist Dallas White joins forces with vocalist Artie White (Indecision, Millhouse) to craft vicious DIY thrash, rounded out by a seasoned rhythm section. Check out a track + video here.

Iron Maiden Continue the Legacy of the Beast at United Center 10/5/2022 (Live Review + Photos)

An Iron Maiden show is a thrilling adventure, a nostalgic blast, and a reminder of just how powerful the band is live. We caught them in Chicago last week with Within Temptation – here’s a detailed review and tons of photos.

Epic Deli Serves Up Metal: Having Kittens, It Is Dead, Barren Heir, and Waterfall King 10/8/2022 (Photos, Interview)

We stopped at McHenry’s Epic Deli for a nourishing show of everything from post-metal to crossover thrash-check out a live report and read an interview with Adam Thorsness (Barren Heir, Thieves, Bovice)

Bones Offers a "Death Sentence" for Middling Death Metal (Early Track Stream)

The Chicago death metal group will release their fourth filth-soaked album to a generally undeserving world next month – in the meantime, check out a track from the upcoming album.

Molder's Ghastly Stench Intensifies on “Engrossed In Decay” (Interview)

The all-gore-no-frills death metal upstarts will release their second full-length (and first on Prosthetic Records) next week-we spoke to guitarist/vocalist Aaren Pantke about the record’s creation.

"Exile" Your Consciousness with Pale Horseman's Obliterating Sludge (Early Track Stream)

The Chicago sludge metal group takes notes from industrial metal on how to deliver their sludge with as much misanthropy and filth as possible. Stream a new track from the band here.

"Engrossed in Decay," Molder Focus on Death Metal's Thrilling Horror (Early Track Stream)

The Illinois death metal band will release their sophomore album “Engrossed in Decay” this July via Prosthetic Records – stream the title track now.

Abhorrent Expanse, Sunless, and Bruce Lamont Practice Avant-Garde Excellence @ Cobra Lounge 4/7/2022 (Live Report + Photos)

Progressive death metal, experimental death metal, and experimental ambient music collided this Thursday – see pics and make sure you catch the rest of Sunless’ tour.

Progressive Excellence: Animals as Leaders @ House of Blues Chicago 4/4/2022 (Live Report + Photos)

Check out photos from Animals as Leaders’ double set yesterday at House of Blues Chicago.
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