Autopsy ain’t for everyone, that’s for sure. But if your musical tastes tend toward the terrifying, if you have an affinity for the atrocious, if you gravitate toward the grim, then this is right up your dark alley. Autopsy have been one of the pillars of the death metal scene since the 1980s, eschewing the … Continue reading Autopsy: Live in Chicago
Colorado’s Blood Incantation have been rapidly gaining attention since the release of their first full-length, Starspawn, in 2016. In 2019 they featured on the Decibel Magazine Tour, and released their second full-length, Hidden History of the Human Race. The band also released a dark ambient E.P. entitled Timewave Zero in February 2022, fleshing out what … Continue reading Blood Incantation at Reggies in Chicago
Incantation have been busy lately. Just two years after the release of their latest full-length, Sect of Vile Divinities, they are releasing a career-spanning compilation album called Tricennial of Blasphemies through Relapse Records, featuring demos, unreleased tracks, and live recordings. Their touring has been consistent as well. I caught them August 11th at Reggies Rock … Continue reading Incantation live in Chicago
It’s as much fun to scare as to be scared. Vincent Price The Decibel Magazine 2019 Tour Winter 2019 brings us the eighth annual Decibel Tour, which has provided metal fans across the U.S. with a variety of lineups over the years to get their live metal fix. High on Fire, Napalm Death, Abbath, Behemoth, … Continue reading Cannibal Corpse, Morbid Angel, Necrot, and Blood Incantation at Concord Music Hall, March 4, 2019
Prayers are to men as dolls are to children Samuel Butler Incantation has always stood out in the world of death metal. Whereas many bands have opted to dial everything up to be as fast and intricate as possible, Incantation’s sound displays a keen sense of dynamics. They are one of the few death metal … Continue reading Incantation at Bottom Lounge, September 23, 2018
Gigan are back in 2017 with their latest album: Undulating Waves of Rainbiotic Iridescence. It’s another dose of total psychedelic sci-fi death metal mind-fuckery. Gigan is one band whose sound is very accurately described by their album titles. I first heard them in 2011 when they released Quasi-Hallucinogenic Sonic Landscapes and have been paying close … Continue reading Gigan live at Cobra Lounge
Live at Reggies Rock Club, 2017-02-10. Continue reading Incantation in Chicago at Reggies
Gorguts live at Subterranean in Chicago, October 2016. Continue reading Gorguts in Chicago
