Xasthur

...across Australia, Europe and Scandinavia in 2005. Oren Ambarchi has since become a regular live performer with the band. Malefic from Xasthur and John Wiese contributed on the track "Coma Mirror" on AngelComa. Ulver provided production and...

In this article: Sunn O))), UU Void, Black One, The Grimmrobe Demos, White1, Earth, John Wiese, Sunn, and Stephen O'Malley

...on stage, but stated in an interview for Pitchfork Media that he "will always keep Xasthur a band that will not play live." The name "Xasthur" is a combination of "Xastur " and "Xenaoth". Malefic explains that he found the former...

In this article: Ildjarn, Nachtmystium, Nortt, Sunn O))), Suicide, Moribund Cult, Pitchfork Media, and Burzum

...Poem isn't a constant blistering buzz of guitars. Instead, Elverum touches more on black metal's dark atmospherics, as heard on Xasthur's Subliminal Genocide, an album Elverum claims as a direct influence. It's a style that he's come to...

In this article: Phil Elverum, Mount Eerie, NPR, David Lynch, The Microphones, Twin Peaks, Twin Peaks, and Subliminal Genocide

Defective Epitaph is a 2007 album by the American one-man black metal act Xasthur. This is the first recording on which Malefic played acoustic drums, although some tracks still make use of a drum machine. Like previous Xasthur albums, the...

In this article: Defective Epitaph

Posted by Meg on Tuesday, June 2, 2009 at 9:00 AM (EDT) Hydra Head Records has launched a stream for Xasthur's All Reflections Drained. The CD version includes a second disc of bonus material and includes alternate versions, unreleased...

In this article: Punknews.org, DVD, and Hydra Head Records

Leviathan / Xasthur is a split album with music from the black metal bands Xasthur and Leviathan on it. Tracks 1 through 7 were performed by Xasthur. Tracks 8 through 10 were performed by Leviathan. The Eerie Bliss And Torture (Of...

In this article: Leviathan / Xasthur, Leviathan, Judas Iscariot, and Katatonia

...(Denmark), Hypothermia (Sweden), Elysian Blaze (Australia), and Taarma (Afghanistan). (Ironically, the most prominent of Burzum's progeny, Xasthur, has developed such a defined sound that it's become a closed system.) Buffalo, New York's...

In this article: Burzum, Varg Vikernes, Nazism, Nationalism, Transcendence, Euronymous, Swervedriver, Mayhem, and Leviathan

[Hydra Head / Ma-Kahru/Profane Productions; 2007 / 2001; Hydra Head; 2008] Malefic, aka Scott Conner, aka the Californian behind Xasthur, is a polarizing figure in extreme metal. Because he toured with Sunn O))) and has been releasing...

In this article: Defective Epitaph, A Gate Through Bloodstained Mirrors, Hydra Head, Nocturnal Poisoning, Graveland, Purgatory, Oxygen, and CD-R

...American metal acts. How do you view your work in relation to those other big guns a la Xasthur, Leviathan. Killusion: I'm not sure I relate to Xasthur, but I do appreciate what Wrest is doing. I think the unique and disconnected nature of...

In this article: Unearthly Trance, Pitchfork, Black metal, Black Cobra, Leviathan, and Babylon

The publicity for Scott Conner's new album as Xasthur shows him, probably for the first time, without black-metal corpse paint. He looks like any other regular Joe trying to look serious while wearing a hood. He isn't, though. Over the...

In this article: Defective Epitaph, Silencer, and Burzum