'Guiltless,' the latest full-length offering by Chicago's Indian, is a dense, heavy collection of seven relentless tracks filled with molten beds of guitar, intense, barely discernable vocals, and a rhythm section that operates like dueling bulldozers
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When I saw Indian live a few months ago in their hometown of Chicago, I was thoroughly impressed. It seemed like a completely different band from the one that recorded 'Slights and Abuse/The Sychophant' and 'The Unquiet Sky,' their two previous full-lengths...
Chicago's finest (some might even say America's finest) black metallers, Nachtmystium, recently entered Semaphore Recording Studio to record 'Addicts: Black Meddle Pt. 2,' the follow-up to 2008's 'Assassins: Black Meddle Pt. 1.' Noisecreep caught up with engineer Sanford Parker (Pelican, Samothrace, Unearthly Trance) to get the inside scoop...
Raise the Red Lantern's first eponymous release, on At a Loss Recordings, is more tamely-titled than past offerings -- unlike titles such as 'Thunderf---' and 'Breathe Fire.'
Adding to the subtlety is the lack of band name and album title on the cover art, which was done by designer/artist Rick Leech...