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Personally
speaking, one of the strongest and prominent scenes in metal over the years is Chicago , with many of America ’s most prominent bands,
hailing from the windy city. Ministry and the Wax Trax scene, Big Black,
Shellac,
The Jesus Lizard,
Trouble,
Touch and Go
Records are many of the names that have imprinted upon music fans
and the history of the Chicago
music scene over the last 30 years.
Today the vibrancy of the Chicago scene continues with
emergence of bands past and present such as, Buried At Sea, Indian,
Lord Mantis,
Bongripper,
The Skull,
Yakuza,
The Atlas
Moth, Scientist the list is endless. Indeed if an album is from
the doom scene, if it is heavy and it was recorded in Chicago, then one man,
Sanford Parker was likely to have recorded it, which leads us directly onto
today’s featured band Faces of the Bog.
A psychedelic tinged, doom influenced, sludge/prog
four piece Faces
of the Bog, hail
from Humboldt Park, home of Emperor Cabinets and continue the tradition of
excellent bands rising from Chicago underground and their acid soaked blend of
sludge was recently put to tape by Sanford at Electric Audio in the form of
their debut album “Ego Death”, which
is a fantastic blast to the senses. “Ego Death” is set for release on 4th
October, but today in order to whet your insatiable appetite for crushing
music, we are streaming the album in full below. You can Pre-order “Ego Death” here
Band info: facebook