Dallas Thomas (Pelican)
SPB: How would you summarize the Chicago heavy scene?
Thomas: Chicago has had a really strong scene for awhile now. Maybe one reason is that you have to survive the city before a band has a chance plug in and crank it up. Practice rooms are not cheap here, so it forces a level of focus and commitment to get to work when you finally have a place to rage. But ultimately it is the Chicago winter that I would say inspires many a local to spew down-tuned darkness...
Some Fine Examples:
- Atlas Moth
- Bloodiest
- Lord Mantis
- Anatomy of Habit
- Oxblood
- Sweet Cobra
- Russian Circles
- War Brides
- Encrust
- Indian
- Electric Hawk
- Yakuza
- Bongripper
