Local Loft Episode 185

Out of Khaos comes music. Original local music which encompasses the six county Chicago region and all over Illinois. No genre is left unrocked, on the podcast that extensively covers the scene.

Streator's Khaos Ordinance mostly lays down a fierce brash, gut punching brand of metal, but on their 2018 EP Ellipsis, they mixed in electronic 80's style video game music and new age electronic synthesizers. On their new single, recorded and produced while all band members were on COVID lockdown, they're back to intense, hard driving metal fury. Singer and founder Cory Angelico talks to me about the new long string of shows they are embarking on, including another chance to get more national fan discovery, opening for Hed PE in Belvidere near Rockford.

The progressive metal duo GraveReign (featuring ex Veilside singer Tony Engel and former Manowar shredder David Shankle) cuts an extensive melodic groove on an eleven minute powerhouse track off their long awaited debut full length album, Destination Aftermath. I'll spin this tale of humanity's demise.

Always getting the center of attention as the founder and singer of Sinister Fate, David Bates showed a far less gothic and erotic side of his music talents, drumming for Proudest Angel. I interviewed this ragged bluesy four man hard rock band at the former Nite Cap in Chicago's Portage Park Neighborhood five years ago this week. A rock back to this unique band's only CD release show.

Along with these, you're khoatically banging and rolling heads in a virtual mosh overload with:

Khaos Ordinance-Plagued

Khaos Ordinance-Skank Bait

Extraction Point-Forced Compliance

The Lunatics Fringe-An Ear For Chaos 

GraveReign-The Reckoning

Salvation-Dark And Stormy

Aweful-Not Enough

Proudest Angel (Interview from Nite Cap-8/3/16-Local Loft Episode 33)

Proudest Angel-Starlight

Proudest Angel-Canto Dolar