Yakuza vocalist/saxophonist Bruce Lamont's a master collaborator (see Nachtmystium, Locrian, Sigh, Minsk, Brutal Truth, etc.) and records regularly with a number of projects (Bloodiest, Circle…
In addition to Triptykon, Tom G. Warrior's post-Celtic Frost outfit (and keepers of one of 2010's best records in Eparistera Daimones), you'll also catch longtime…
Despite booking a series of metal shows in Brooklyn, I'm not really a show promoter, but when a particular tour or invented/imagined potential lineup seems…
Brain Tentacles is a metal(ish) supergroup, involving Yakuza saxophonist Bruce Lamont, Keelhaul bassist Aaron Dallison, and journeyman drummer Dave Witte. You'll notice the lack of…
Bloodiest has the experience to know a good ending. "Suffer" closes out the Chicagoan sextet's self-titled second album, an eight-track onslaught of insistent rhythms. The…
Stuff like this is the reason the A.V. Club's "A.V. Undercover" video series exists: Louisville post-hardcore warriors Coliseum, who landed a recent Album Of The…
When I was editor at Invisible Oranges, we covered the inaugural performance of something called Wrekmeister Harmonies -- an ambitious and artsy project that combined…
Chicago's Yakuza don’t really sound like anything else in metal, or anything else, period. Vocalist Bruce Lamont (also of Bloodiest, Circle Of Animals) sings in…
In addition to Triptykon, Tom G. Warrior's post-Celtic Frost outfit (and keepers of one of 2010's best records in Eparistera Daimones), you'll also catch longtime…
I gave a bit of background on Chicago progressive-metal quartet Yakuza when we posted "Stones And Bones" from Of Seismic Consequence, their (by far) strongest…
It's hard to believe Nachtmystium's Addicts isn't out officially until next week. At this point, it feels like it's been debated and praised and derided…
Locrian's Territories ends with the torrentially uplifting "The Columnless Arcade." The Chicago duo of André Foisy and Terence Hannum still create plenty of dark, crumbling,…
There was plenty to like about Chicago progressive-metal quartet Yakuza's 2007 album Transmutations, but I had reservations. As I wrote in my review at the…
