At ginormous festivals like Bonnaroo and Lollapalooza, it's pretty tough to craft a narrative -- when there's something like 200 bands playing over a weekend, it's next to impossible to really sew a…   Read Story »

I saw Altar Of Plagues when they played The Studio At Webster Hall in August 2010 -- it wound up being the best show I saw that year. The Irish post-black metal quartet absolutely leveled the place…   Read Story »

The Atlas Moth was one of the first bands I covered in Haunting The Chapel -- via an interview with guitarist/vocalist Stavros Giannopolous (ex-Twilight). His Chicago crew deftly molds three guitars,…   Read Story »

Chicago tri-guitar quintet the Atlas Moth, one of the first bands I covered in Haunting The Chapel, are back. It isn't exactly time for a proper full-length followup to last year's gorgeously…   Read Story »

People like arguing about Nachtmystium. (They're sort of M.I.A. for metal kids.) So far I've posted Addicts's “No Funeral” -- aka "Burzum On The Dance Floor" -- and the melancholic…   Read Story »

A lot's changed since the last Twilight album. For starters, there are those pesky teenage vampire movies of the same name. I asked new Twilight member Stavros about them a few months ago: "This is a…   Read Story »

Yesterday I saw 12 metal bands before High On Fire hopped onto the outdoor stage at the Mohawk sometime around midnight to make it a perfect baker's dozen. A few of those were a lot of fun --…   Read Story »

Every year I'm tempted to -- and sometimes do -- say "this has been a great year for metal." It's a toss-away idea: If you consume the genre obsessively, every year seems sort of great, the chaff…   Read Story »

When I included "Haunting The Chapel" in the headline to my last column, I'd intended it to be a smart-ass joke regarding my inability to legally use the name "Show No Mercy" after relocating things…   Read Story »