Current musical obsessions of Racetraitor guitarist Dan Traitor, Decline front man Fern X Decline, and Reader associate editor Jamie Ludwig
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Behemoth and At the Gates maintain extreme-metal mastery in third decade of desecration
Two of Europe’s extreme-metal influencers, Poland’s Behemoth and Sweden’s At the Gates, represent a relative rarity in heavy music: beloved 90s veterans who are churning out some of their best work nearly 30 years after they formed. With its 11th album, I Loved You at Your Darkest (released in October on Metal Blade), Behemoth continues […]
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Ben Sachs’s favorite films of 2017
A list of the 35 best movies to play Chicago this year.
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In Zhao Liang’s ecological documentary Behemoth, we’re the monster
Eye-popping images dominate this film about the ecological ravages of Chinese coal-mining.
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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.
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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.
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5 Rabbit bottles dessert with the ‘albino stout’ Arroz con Leche
Brewed with vanilla beans and Mexican cinnamon, this beer pays homage to a beloved Latin American rice pudding.
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Our favorite music of 2014
Six Reader music writers share their favorites from 2014 with year-end lists that do more than just put the same records in a different order.
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Reader’s Agenda Fri 4/25: C2E2, Sean Flannery, and Behemoth
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Friday, April 25
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Kosmyk Charlie’s Y2K Catastrophe Ale from Central Waters: It’s a mouthful
Central Waters first brewed Kosmyk Charlie’s barleywine for Y2K, but luckily they kept going.
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This week on the B Side
The nonthreat of Tumblr, El-P and Million Dollar Mano talking rap music, our guide to CIMMfest, and more
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This week on the B Side
Joe Henry talks to Steve Dawson of Dolly Varden, Kembe X and his crew go from high school dropouts to hashtag hip-hop hustlers, and more
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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.
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The List: January 21-27, 2010
Critics’ Choices and other notable concerts: Nile, the Great Society Mind Destroyers at Psychfest, Freedy Johnston, Between the Buried and Me, Frode Gjerstad, Behemoth, and more