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 ...

Over the last 10 years, the music made by prolific Chicago/Baltimore trio Locrian has always been tough to categorize: Is it noise? Black metal? Dark ambient? Industrial? Drone? Things get more ...

"Why music?" It comes off like a Philosophy 101 essay question at first, but the more I twist my head around it, the more it causes a volcanic hurl of thought: Why do I love music? Why do I write ...

Collaborations can be tough: Oftentimes for bands, opening up a hermetic artistic space to include someone new is simply a pleasurable break from ritual, a chance to have an unexpected variable impact ...

It’s a beautiful day in the metal neighborhood; let’s listen to new music from Beastwars, The 69 Eyes, Locrian and Dead Poets, below. First up we have new music from New Zealand’s Beastwars. A press ...

"A Visitation From The Wrath Of Heaven", the new video from the experimental, dark ambient/noise trio LOCRIAN, can be seen below. The eerie clip for the eight-and-a-half-minute-long track was directed ...

The Locrian mode is one of the most sonically challenging sounds in music. And, though built on the major scale, this mode sounds totally removed from its parent scale's bright, happy vibes. Most ...

Terence Hannum is a big part of that. He currently handles vocals, keyboards, and assorted noise, conjuring up mystery and menace with the help of a Moog Little Phatty, Moog Minitaur, Moog Source, ...

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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 ...