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Film, Artist on Artist Apr 8, 2014
Video
Artist on Artist: Justin Broadrick of Godflesh talks to producer Sanford Parker

"Big Black's drum machine was fucking awesome, but we wanted something much closer to Run-D.M.C."
- By Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: Artist on Artist, interviews, Justin Broadrick, Napalm Death, Head of David, Godflesh, drum machines, grindcore, industrial metal, Final, electronic music, Jesu, postmetal, G.C. Green, Metro, Wales, Abergele, Sanford Parker, Buried at Sea, Minsk, Corrections House, Twilight, Nachtmystium, Altered States, studios, Logic, Proo Tools, Alesis HR-16, layering, sound production, drum sound, kick drums, TL Audio, TLA, audio consoles, mixing boards, multi-channel recording, multi-track recording, preamps, Avalon, Avalon Vacuum Tube 737, sound processing, Eventide H3500, Skinny Puppy, Divid Ogilvie, live sound, Columbia Records, records, albums, Eventide, Purple Audio, limiters, SSL XLogic, channel strips, Neve, APIs, AnaMod ATS-1, AnaMod, equalization, Foel Studio, RADAR, digital recording, analog recording, analog tape, Digidesign, Session 8, Cubase, audio sequencing, beats, samplers, drummers, hip-hop, Big Black, Public Enemy, Eric B. & Rakim, Run-D.M.C., 1980s, 1970s, punk, Throbbing Gristle, Cabaret Voltaire, Whitehouse, industrial music, postpunk music, Crass, Discharge, Killing Joke, The Stranglers, riffs, noise, Swans, Celtic Frost, Video

Blogs, Bleader Oct 31, 2013
High Spirits bring their over-the-top power metal to Reggie's this weekend

Local metal legend Chris Black takes the stage with his power-metal act High Spirits this Saturday.
- By Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: Do This, Music, High Spirits, Reggie's Rock Club, Chris Black, 2013, metal, power-metal, rock, Judas Priest, Saxon, Rob Halford, Dawnbringer, Superchrist, Aktor, Pharaoh, Nachtmystium

Blogs, Bleader Feb 4, 2013
Video
Brooklyn Brewery's Black Ops: Way better than a covert foreign coup

Brooklyn Brewery's barrel-aged imperial stout, Black Ops, does in fact exist—and the 2012 batch has been sighted in Chicago.
- By Philip Montoro
- Tags: Beer and Metal, Music, Food & Drink, Beer and Metal, beer, metal, Brooklyn Brewery, Black Ops, imperial stout, bourbon barrel, champagne yeast, bottle refermentation, Meshuggah, Nachtmystium, Melvins, Clutch, Video

Music, Gossip Wolf Jan 9, 2013
Gossip Wolf: Sons of the Silent Age do Bowie at a Pablove benefit

Plus: Metal veterans launch new bands Hate Meditation and Corrections House
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, David Bowie, Sons of the Silent Age, Heroes, Sons of the Silent Age, Chris Connelly, Ministry, Revolting Cocks, Matt Walker, Filter, Smashing Pumpkins, Garbage, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Shirley Manson, Pablove Foundation, Metro, Waco Brothers, T. Rex, Death on the Autobahn, Kill Hannah, Greg Corner, Kraftwerk, Blake Judd, Hate Meditation, Nachtmystium, Job Bos, Dark Fortress, Jef Whitehead, Leviathan, Twilight, Vitandus, Indie Recordings, black metal, Corrections House, Scott Kelly, Neurosis, Mike IX Wiliams, Eyehategod, Bruce Lamont, Yakuz, Bloodiest, Sanford Parker, Minsk, Nachtmystium

Blogs, Bleader Sep 6, 2012
Kickstarter, more Kickstarter, singing twins, and more on the B Side

Crowdfunding, metal tours, hip-hop against violence, and more
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Music, Kickstarter, My My My, Dusty Groove, Lil JoJo, Alyce and Rhae Andrece, Amon Tobin, Ghostface, Turbo Fruits, California Wives, Peter Brotzmann and Jason Adasiewicz, Murder by Death, Storm Thorgerson, Pelican, Nachtmystium

Music, Gossip Wolf Sep 4, 2012
Gossip Wolf: A Kickstarter with a conscience

My My My will do community service for your money. Plus: Tour news from Nachtmystium and Pelican and a long-in-the-works album from We Repel Each Other
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, My My My, Kickstarter, Nachtmystium, Weapon, We Repel Each Other, Pelican, Sun O))), Stephen O'Malley, Greg Anderson

Blogs, Bleader Jul 30, 2012
Shows to See: Janka Nabay, Nachtmystium, Merle Haggard, and more

Janka Nabay, Nachtmystium, Merle Haggard, and Alabama Shakes are among the artists on this week's Soundboard
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Do This, Music, Janka Nabay, Nachtmystium, Merle Haggard, Alabama Shakes, Soundboard

Music, Gossip Wolf Jun 27, 2012
Gossip Wolf: Burying Treasure Town

The DIY venue shuts down with one last show. Plus: cop trouble for Names Divine, arts and crafts with Nachtmystium, and more
- By Leor Galil and Jessica Hopper
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Treasure Town, DIY venues, Mortville, Names Divine, Kendra Calhoun, Nachtmystium, Blake Judd, Grave Dancer Records, Xasthur, Krieg, Murmur, Jessica Hopper

Music, Three Beats Mar 12, 2012
Three Beats: Cellist Tomeka Reid steps out with Hear in Now

Plus: Super Minotaur hit the ground running with their first LP, and Lord Mantis outdo their vile debut with Pervertor
- By Peter Margasak, Leor Galil, and Philip Montoro
- Tags: Three Beats, Tomeka Reid, jazz, Mike Reed, Nicole Mitchell, Chicago Jazz Philharmonic, Great Black Music Ensemble, Siliva Bolognesi, Mazz Swift, Chicago Jazz Festival, Woma Jazz Festival, Super Minotaur, punk, South Bend, Cold Slice Cassettes, Lord Mantis, Andrew Markuszewski, Nachtmystium, Indian, Sanford Parker

Music, Three Beats Dec 15, 2011
Three Beats: The Old Town School preps new digs and digs into its past

Plus: Chrome Waves roll in, Vic’s Drum Shop invents a holiday, and Lovely Little Girls end a three-year hiatus with a new lineup
- By Kevin Warwick, Philip Montoro, and Monica Kendrick
- Tags: Three Beats, Old Town School of Folk Music, Colby Maddox, Chrom Waves, Stavros Giannapoulos, Jeff Wilson, Bob Fouts, Nachtmystium, Vic's Drum Shop, Holiday Metal Bash, Gregory Jacobsen, Lovely Little Girls, Alex Perkolup, Old Town School of Folk Music, Maurer Hall, Maurer Hall, Old Town School of Folk Music

Music, Three Beats Jun 9, 2011
Three Beats: Buy Chrissy Murderbot's record collection, Buried at Sea plays Alehorn of Power, and Utech and Okka Disk throw parties in Milwaukee
- By Leor Galil, Peter Margasak, and Philip Montoro
- Tags: Three Beats, Chrissy Murderbot, Sleazetone, Loose Squares, Buried at Sea, Alehorn of Power fest, Double Door, Orange Goblin, Nachtmystium, Bible of the Devil, Solace, Zuul, Jungle Rot, Victory Records, Black September, Pharaoh, Neon Marshmallow Music Festival, Lmapo, Graham Foundation, Marcus Schmickler, Okka Fest, Sugar Maple, Palm Tavern, Milwaukee, Okka Disk, Mats Gustafsson, Christof Kurzmann, Ken Vandermark, Sun Rooms, Jason Adasiewicz, Chicago Double Quartet, Extraordinary Popular Delusions, Utech Records, Cactus Club, Locrian, Mammifer, House of Low Culture, RM74, Horseback, Jon Mueller, Gog, William Fowler Collins, Ural Umbo, Ithi, Empty Bottle

Blogs, Bleader Apr 28, 2011
Metal: Brand-new Bones, Live Superchrist, and Evil-powered Beer
- By Philip Montoro
- Tags: Beats, Crickets, Music, Bones, Planet Metal, Chris Black, Jon "Necromancer" Woodring, Nachtmystium, "Carcass" Chris Svoboda, Eternal Hatred, Joe "Warlord" Schaeffer, Christina Caperson, Matt "Putrid" Carr, Kommandant, Red Line Tap, Three Floyds, Amon Amarth, Dark Lord Day

Music, Gossip Wolf Mar 2, 2011
Gossip Wolf: The Scoop on Pitchfork Headliners

Superchunk, TV on the Radio among possibilities. Plus: Ruby Hornet gets into the record biz, Dawnbringer’s first show in 13 years, and more
- By Jessica Hopper and J.R. Nelson
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Pitchfork, Superchunk, Ruby Hornet, Alex Frutcher, Walter J. Liveharder, Tennille, Cool Kids, Sir Michael Rocks, Hollows, Chips for the Poor, Steve Ignorant, Crass!, TV on the Radio, Odd Future, Dismemberment Plan, Atmosphere, Queensryche, That Dog, Nachtmystium, Superchrist, High Spirits, Dawnbringer, Neon Marshmellow Fest, Netherfriends, Red Electric Rainbow, Diane Izzo, Califone, Marco Zas, Kleenex Girl Wonder, Joe Public

Blogs, Bleader Jul 15, 2010
Early Warnings Roundup

This week's Early Warnings include Chapterhouse, Early Man, Nachtmystium, the Ettes, Foals, the Ponys, the Vaselines, Riot Fest, and Miike Snow.
- By Kevin Warwick
- Tags: Crickets, Music, Early Warnings, Riot Fest, Foals, Ponys, Miike Snow, Early Man, Ettes, Vaselines, Nachtmystium

Blogs, Bleader Jun 17, 2010
This Week in the Reader's Music Section

Albini gossip, brutal New Orleans metal, festival goings-on, and what I'm sure will be a controversial music column
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Crickets, Music, Sharp Darts, Chicago Reader, Gossip Wolf, Secret History of Chicago Music, Chicago, Photo Pit, Eyehategod, Steve Albini, Kanye West, Nachtmystium

Music, Soundboard Jun 17, 2010
The List: June 17-23, 2010

Critics' Choices and other notable shows: Kings Go Forth, Shemekia Copeland, Eyehategod, the Scotland Yard Gospel Choir, Jeff the Brotherhood, DM Stith, and more
- Tags: Soundboard, Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park, FitzGerald's, UIC Forum, Double Door, Riviera Theatre, Schubas, Empty Bottle, Subterranean, Andrew Rafacz Gallery, Abbey Pub, Eyehategod, Nachtmystium, Scotland Yard Gospel Choir, Jeff the Brotherhood, DM Stith, Devin Hoff, Kent Kessler, Nate McBride, Jason Roebke, Hideout

Music, Music Column Jun 17, 2010
A Weirder Shade of Black

Nachtmystium advances black metal by breaking all its rules.
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Music Column, Black metal, Leviathan, Wolves in the Throne Room, Nachtmystium, Blake Judd, Azentrius, anti-Semitism, Zionist, Metalreviews.com, Unholy Terrorist Cult, Reign of the Malicious, Vinland Winds, Unholy Records, Zadok Day, Scion Rock Fest, Bruce Lamont, Yakuza, Bruce Finkelman, Robert Lowe, Lichens, Merrick Jarmulowicz, white powder not white power, Instinct: Decay, Assassins: Black Meddle Pt. I, Addicts: Black Meddle Pt. II, Will Lindsay, Indian, Jeff Wilson, Andrew Markuszewski, Charlie Fell, Lord Mantis, Pat Clancy, Corpse Vomit, Empty Bottle

Music, Music Review Apr 1, 2010
Misogyny Is for the Living

How extreme metal makes gender irrelevant
- By Noah Berlatsky
- Tags: Music Review, Ludicra, The Tenant, Ludicra review, The Tenant review, extreme metal, Stagnant Pond, Laurie Sue Shanaman, Christy Cather, extreme-metal, Foxy Brown, Missy Elliot, Dickless, Sub Pop, Murkrat, Plague Gestation, Gallhammer, Endless Nauseous Days, Astarte, Twist Nail Torture, Acrostichon, Immolation of the Agnostic, Corinne van den Brand, death metal, Drudkh, Darkthrone, Nachtmystium, High on Fire, Truth Won't Set You Free, sexism, sexism in music, riot-grrrl

Music, Music Feature Mar 18, 2010
The Man Behind the Metal

If it's heavy and it was recorded in Chicago, there's a good chance Sanford Parker was at the mixing board.
- By Cosmo Lee
- Tags: Music Feature, Empty Bottle, Bottom Lounge, Subterranean, Logan Square Auditorium, Metal Shaker, Seventh Rule, Hawthorne Street, Hewhocorrupts Inc., Battle Kommand, Emperor Cabinets, Kuma's Corner, Metal Haven, Cianide, Macabre, Nachtmystium, Yakuza, Lair of the Minotaur, Indian, Sweet Cobra, Raise the Red Lantern, Oceano, Born of Osiris, Sanford Parker, Buried at Sea, Minsk, Pelican, Hydra Head, Volume Recording, Yob, Zoroaster, Unearthly Trance, Wax Trax, industrial music, Neurosis, High Confessions, Steve Shelley, Chris Connelly, Ministry, Dave Witte, Twilight, Decomposing Baby, 7000 Dying Rats, Will Lindsay, Wolves in the Throne Room, Sweet Cobra, Buzzov-en, Cianide, Cardiac Arrest, Charles Bronson, Los Crudos, Kungfu Rick, Isis, Mastodon, High on Fire, Nunslaughter, Bruce Lamont, Tortoise, Shellac, Flying Luttenbachers, Steve Albini, Electrical Audio, Billy Anderson

Blogs, Bleader Mar 2, 2009
Harder to shake than a tattoo

Nachtmystium get booted from the Scion Rock Fest due to past links to the NSBM scene and issue another statement denying they're a Nazi band.
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Music, Crickets, Chicago, Politics, Business, Metal, Black Metal, Nachtmystium, Nazism, NSBM, National Socialist black metal, Scion Rock Fest

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"Big Black's drum machine was fucking awesome, but we wanted something much closer to Run-D.M.C."

Local metal legend Chris Black takes the stage with his power-metal act High Spirits this Saturday.

Brooklyn Brewery's barrel-aged imperial stout, Black Ops, does in fact exist—and the 2012 batch has been sighted in Chicago.

Plus: Metal veterans launch new bands Hate Meditation and Corrections House

Crowdfunding, metal tours, hip-hop against violence, and more

My My My will do community service for your money. Plus: Tour news from Nachtmystium and Pelican and a long-in-the-works album from We Repel Each Other

Janka Nabay, Nachtmystium, Merle Haggard, and Alabama Shakes are among the artists on this week's Soundboard

The DIY venue shuts down with one last show. Plus: cop trouble for Names Divine, arts and crafts with Nachtmystium, and more

Plus: Super Minotaur hit the ground running with their first LP, and Lord Mantis outdo their vile debut with Pervertor

Plus: Chrome Waves roll in, Vic’s Drum Shop invents a holiday, and Lovely Little Girls end a three-year hiatus with a new lineup

Superchunk, TV on the Radio among possibilities. Plus: Ruby Hornet gets into the record biz, Dawnbringer’s first show in 13 years, and more

This week's Early Warnings include Chapterhouse, Early Man, Nachtmystium, the Ettes, Foals, the Ponys, the Vaselines, Riot Fest, and Miike Snow.

Albini gossip, brutal New Orleans metal, festival goings-on, and what I'm sure will be a controversial music column

Critics' Choices and other notable shows: Kings Go Forth, Shemekia Copeland, Eyehategod, the Scotland Yard Gospel Choir, Jeff the Brotherhood, DM Stith, and more

Nachtmystium advances black metal by breaking all its rules.

How extreme metal makes gender irrelevant

If it's heavy and it was recorded in Chicago, there's a good chance Sanford Parker was at the mixing board.

Nachtmystium get booted from the Scion Rock Fest due to past links to the NSBM scene and issue another statement denying they're a Nazi band.

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