An Ache for the Distance

The Atlas Moth use bits of black metal-- and, really, everything, from stoner metal to psychedelic rock, free jazz to electric blues-- to make militantly adventurous music. The three-guitar Chicago quintet's sophomore album never stops revealing new aspects and assets.

Evolving their sound from the blues-touched doom of their debut into a swirling, psychedelic miasma, the Atlas Moth take a maximalist approach to atmospheric metal on their sophomore album, An Ache for the Distance.