Press:

“I love head music, the kind that goes on seemingly for days and leaves you soothed yet unsure of what just happened when the song ended. I also love indie rock with a progressive edge. They meet from time to time and local band Hail The Black Dragons creates a great sound using both these elements. The band should get the Blue Ribbon at the Indie Rock State Fair for their brave, awesome name. For newcomers calling themselves Hail the Black Dragons, one better have a sound that matches in epic quality and in my opinion, they do. While more rock than anything else, some songs give a trance like mood, while others go more punk dance party. HTBD mixes progressive rock, punk and a bit of space rock with a feel that lets you have all the numbness of cerebral centered music, but with a groove factor, loud vocals and infectious songs that had me singing along.”
Aharona Ament - Gapers Block - Transmission - Covering Chicago Music

“.... If you're able to view the band's playlist, you'll realize how Aston arranges the songs to tell one huge epic story. In turn, each song adds its own piece of the story thus taking the audience on a ride through an operatic journey into the cosmos. And taking a HTBDs journey can be a bit mind-blowing for the first time yet it gets better when you see them for the second and third time. It's the reason why their music was meant to be savored since the instrumentals consist of sudden riff and chord changes." ... "It's recommended that everyone take the cosmic ride with Hail The Black Dragons at their next epic performance - sweeping space operatic music for the new millennium.”
Southside - Southside on the Town - Chicago Music Blog