In 2015, revered metal guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter Mark Sugar<\/b> had a creative breakthrough that led him\u00a0<\/span>to leave behind a modern metal legacy to bravely forge a new one. Now, one of underground metal\u2019s most\u00a0uncompromising visionaries returns with a new band and an invigorating heavy-with-melody aesthetic. <\/span><\/p>\n His new band, Black Sites<\/b> conjures burly proto metal riffs and vibey grooves, whiplash thrash, moody ambience,\u00a0and the stately expanse of modern and classic prog. The Chicago-based hard rock quartet\u2019s debut, In Monochrome\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/span>(Mascot Records<\/b>), thrills with unexpected twistsnd turns, and tuneful song craft that never sacrifices heft for\u00a0hooks. <\/span><\/p>\n Listen to Monochrome<\/i><\/b> here: <\/span>https:\/\/youtu.be\/oB4BWtOFp0I><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n Mark Sugar<\/span><\/b> on Monochrome<\/i><\/b>:<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cBesides being the title track (sort of), “Monochrome<\/b>” is the centrepiece of our new record, containing many of the\u00a0<\/span><\/i>elements that make up the Black Sites sound. We hope you enjoy hearing this track as much as we enjoy playing it.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n Black Sites<\/span><\/b> make their live debut at Chicago\u2019s Livewire Lounge<\/b> 11th<\/sup> February and on 17th<\/sup> February sees the release\u00a0<\/span>of debut album In Monochrome<\/i><\/b> (Mascot Label Group\/Mascot Records<\/b>).<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In 2015, revered metal guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter Mark Sugar had a creative breakthrough that led him\u00a0to leave behind a modern metal legacy to bravely forge a new one. Now, one of underground metal\u2019s most\u00a0uncompromising [Read \u00bb]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":121,"featured_media":14540,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_oct_exclude_from_cache":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-14539","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsite.powerofmetal.dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsite.powerofmetal.dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsite.powerofmetal.dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.powerofmetal.dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/121"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.powerofmetal.dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14539"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.powerofmetal.dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14539\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14590,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.powerofmetal.dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14539\/revisions\/14590"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.powerofmetal.dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsite.powerofmetal.dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.powerofmetal.dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.powerofmetal.dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Bio](\"http:\/\/powerofmetal.dk\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/5878c8f84100c.jpeg\")
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