Abigail Williams (band)

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Abigail Williams
Abigail Williams appeared in Camden Underworld (2006)
Abigail Williams appeared in Camden Underworld (2006)
General information
origin New York City , United States
Genre (s) Black metal , death metal
founding 2005
Current occupation
Ken Sorceron (since 2005)
guitar
 Jeff Wilson (since 2013)
Charlie Fell (since 2014)
guitar
 Ian Jekelis (since 2012)
Will Lindsay (since 2014)
former members
singing
 Connor Woods
guitar
 Brad Riffs
guitar
 Mike Wilson
guitar
 Bjorn "Bjornthor" Dannov
bass
 Tom Brougher
bass
 Mark Kozuback
bass
 Kyle Dickinson
bass
 Brent Riggs
bass
 Jordan Jackson
bass
 Tommy "Plaguehammer" Haywood Jr
Drums
 Sam "Samus" Paulicelli
Drums
 Zach Gibson
Drums
 Jordan Jackson
Drums
 Jason "Killer" Kowalski
Drums
 Andy Schroeder
Drums
 Trym Torson
Ashley "Ellylon" Jurgemeyer
Keyboard
 Alana Potocnik
Keyboard
 Kristen Randall

Abigail Williams is an American metal band from New York that combines the styles of death metal and black metal . They are named after Abigail Williams from the Salem witch trials .

history

Abigail Williams attracted some attention by performing live even before the release of their EP Legend , as some of the members are active in prominent bands such as The Black Dahlia Murder and Job for a Cowboy . In addition, a bootleg called Gallow Hill was released in 2005 , on which the songs were released from their Myspace page without the band's permission.

In 2006 the EP Legends was released on the Candlelight Records label , which received mostly positive feedback. In 2008 the debut album In the Shadow of a Thousand Suns followed , with which the band had their commercial breakthrough.

The band combines symphonic black metal with death metal on a high technical level. This combination met with some rejection on the part of the conservative black metal scene.

On July 2, 2012, the band announced that the upcoming US tour would be their last and that the band would split up afterwards. In August 2015, however, Abigail Williams announced a new album entitled The Accuser on their Facebook page , which was released on October 30, 2015 via Candlelight Records. In 2019 the band released another album, Walk Beyond the Dark .

Discography

  • 2005: Gallow Hill (Demo EP)
  • 2006: Legend (EP)
  • 2008: In the Shadow of a Thousand Suns (album)
  • 2010: In the Absence of Light (Album)
  • 2012: Becoming (album)
  • 2015: The Accuser (album)
  • 2019: Walk Beyond the Dark (Album)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Band info at Candlelight Records (English) . Retrieved October 30, 2015.
  2. ↑ Information about the new album on metal.de . Retrieved October 30, 2015.