Metal music often exists at an odd intersection between cathartic, lowbrow lunkhead aggression and adventurous arty abstraction. Since the mid-2000s, the members of Locrian—vocalist and synthesizer ...

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Metal is one of those genres with fans who love to debate whether or not a band is in fact “metal.” One band that often finds themselves a subject of these debates is Chicago’s Locrian. It’s easy to ...

Pianist Dave Solazzo and The Bridge—a trio that includes drummer Bill D'Augustino and bassist Matthew F. Vacanti—may be better known in the jazz world as accomplished sidemen, but they came together ...

Metal, in all its many varieties, isn’t a real part of my listening regimen. I like some of it fine, but it’s not something I follow too closely or play at home. So I’m still not sure why people ...

Locrian recently released another three videos (!) from their haunting new long-player The Crystal World (art above). Dig on “Extinction” and “Triumph of Elimination” as well as “Obsidian Facades”, ...