Carcosa is a mysterious fictional city first named by author Ambrose Bierce in 1886 and later alluded to in Robert W. Chambers’s influential and evocative King in Yellow stories. As the ancient and possibly cursed capital of an alien place that’s impossible to pinpoint on earthly maps, it’s been incorporated into the works of H.P. […]
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Russian Circles lead a night that shows Chicago’s got a lot of heavy music to be thankful for
Following two sold-out stints at the Empty Bottle earlier this year, hometown “instru-metal” heroes Russian Circles reward their local legions once more with this Metro date the day after Thanksgiving. And there’s plenty to be thankful for, as the postmetal trio put on one helluva performance. Though it’s been two years since their most recent […]
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Bongripper guitarist Nick Dellacroce on a statement nailed to the door of death metal
Current musical obsessions of Bongripper guitarist Nick Dellacroce, Varaha front man Fabio Brienza, and Reader associate editor Jamie Ludwig
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Chicago DIY doom champions Bongripper stay their slow course on Terminal
It wouldn’t be a Bongripper album if the Chicago doom squad didn’t give it some sort of crass title that parodies metal’s predilection for the vehemently vile and violent. Their new Terminal (Great Barrier) follows the great tradition they established on previous releases such as 2007’s Hippie Killer, 2008’s Hate Ashbury, 2010’s Satan Worshipping Doom, […]
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Sweden’s Scorched Tundra metal festival debuts in Chicago in September—and tickets go on sale today
The first local installment of Scorched Tundra will host heaviness by the likes of Bongripper, Monolord, and False.
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Concepts in Noise brings basement music to an art gallery
Plus: Latest Flame Records flickers out, former Chicagoan Hether Fortune hits town fronting Wax Idols, and more.
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No tickets to Bongripper? Try the band’s bonkers burger instead
This week’s B Side cover subject, Chicago doom band Bongripper, inspired the burger of the month at Kuma’s Corner.
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Bongripper smoke low and slow
It took them ten years, but these doom devotees have grown into one of Chicago metal’s biggest exports—and they did it without a manager, a publicist, or even a record label.
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Metal maniac Carmelo Española debuts the fanzine Distort/Delay
Plus: Dumpster Tapes drops its first label comp, OnYou celebrate their best album yet, and more
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Gossip Wolf: An off-the-grid show by Swedish industrial legends Brighter Death Now
An off-the-grid show by Swedish industrial legends Brighter Death Now, a compilation of rare Chicago house from Kstarke, and more
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Tomorrow night Bongripper will make metal haters Miserable
Tomorrow night the local doom outfit headlines the outdoor portion of Gnarfest at the Illinois Centennial Monument.
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Three Floyds and Pelican team up again, this time for the black IPA Immutable Dusk
Pelican celebrate the release of Forever Becoming by tapping a new Three Floyds collaboration at their Bottom Lounge show on Wednesday.
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Gossip Wolf: Who’s playing Riot Fest?
Riot Fest lineup predictions and busy seasons for trash-pop duo the Funs and doom band Bongripper