Czar rules (on a new album), one-man synth project Potions throws a release party, and more.
by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
Last month Chicago metal trio Czar self-released their second LP, No One Is Alone If No One Is Alive, and they've retained their despotic mastery of sludgy doom, gloomy industrial, and driving death metal (with a healthy dose of stomping 90s alt-rock). Throw in the heaviest Beatles cover since Vanilla Fudge—a thermonuclear "I Want You (She's So Heavy)"—and you've got one of the year's best local metal albums.…[ Read more ]