Last week’s sudden changes to Lord Mantis are much bigger than they seem. Why is that? we might ask. For what reason has it felt only like one of metal’s most exciting bands has replaced a ...

It was 11 months ago that on our desks landed an announcement of a very different new line-up of Lord Mantis. The change felt weird, super unexpected, and kinda reminiscent of that old Saturday Night ...

We have sad news to report today as Lord Mantis and Indian drummer Bill Bumgardner has died at the age of 35. His most recent work came with Lord Mantis on the NTW EP which was released earlier this ...

We already mentioned that the very different-looking Chicago doom outfit Lord Mantis were prepping their new EP NTW. Now we’ve got the premiere of the title track from that EP, which you can stream ...

It's not like Lord Mantis haven't gone through a billion members or anything. So you'd expect by now that their sound would be drastically unrecognizable from their initial introduction back in 2008 ...

Despite founding drummer, and sole original member, Bill Bumgardner's untimely death in 2016, Chicago blackened sludge vets Lord Mantis are carrying along as the band is currently in the studio ...

Nick Lowe, “I Love the Sound of Breaking Glass” I was reminded of this song from Nick Lowe‘s 1978 LP Jesus of Cool when it played in a goofy video review of Death Wish 3. I like its chattering funk ...

The sad news has surfaced that Lord Mantis/Indian drummer Bill Bumgardner has passed away. Bill played in Lord Mantis since their formation, and at the time of his death, was their only remaining ...