A epic and undeniable monolith hath been unleashed upon thee earth... Behold! The second album from Chicago's Lair of the Minotaur. The Ultimate Destroyer bulldozes down the same path as their critically acclaimed and now classic debut: Carnage. Blistering riffs, and skull-crushing rhythms played with a apocalyptic aesthetic and complimented perfectly with horrific lyrical vengeance. Ultimate Destroyer in whole is faster, yet slower and more vicious then anything the band has previously done. From the mani...   [ read more ]

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The growing success of High on Fire has helped legitimize other bands wishing to pay homage to heavy metal's less refined but still historically important exponents of raw ferocity -- and none do this with greater ferocity than Chicago's brilliantly named Lair of the Minotaur. Intentionally crude and lo-fi in its approach, the trio (which arose from the ashes of cult comedy-metal idols 7000 Dying Rats) follows in the paw prints of early thrash and black metal luminaries such as {...   [ read more ]

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For their third album, 2008's War Metal Battle Master, Chicago's Lair of the Minotaur have clearly taken measures to make their sound just a little bit heavier, chunkier, more forcefully in-your-face, if you will -- no, really! Incredible as that may seem considering the rampant, yak-leveling brutality of their earlier efforts, here the ruthless trio and their habitual producer Sanford Parker (Pelican, Rwake, Unearthly Trance, etc.) somehow come up with novel ways to bludgeon implausible ...   [ read more ]

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