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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.

Chicago progressive/math rock trio RLYR bring hazy, nostalgic vibes on their third album, which is now streaming in full, paired with an exclusive interview.

RLYR's self-titled album features the band's most ambitious and progressive, but also nostalgic and joyous music to date. Listen to an advance of lead single "Wrack."

We chronicle the legendary, gone-but-not-forgotten label's trajectory through fifteen critical releases—must-listens for the unfamiliar, and a selection easily worth revisiting for those in the know.

”We'd been planning to share a recording from the Nighttime Stories tour at some point and now seems to be the moment - with no definitive sense of when we'll be able to perform together again.”

Here's a special select handful of the many Chicago metal bands charging forth into the national scene; from blackened grindy goodness to post-metal transcendence, The Windy City achieves it all.

All the new metal releasing between June 2nd and June 8th, 2019 -- spin (or skip) new music from Pelican, Flub, Fetid, and more.

We chat with the two guitarists about Pelican's invigorating new album which is streaming in full now (link inside).

Pelican's first album in six years will be called "Nighttime Stories" and drops this June via Southern Lord -- check out the delightfully heavy lead single ”Midnight and Mescaline” now.

Cave In, Pelican and Old Man Gloom & 27 are also on the bill.