Hierophant (American band)

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Hierophant
General information
origin New Jersey , United States
Genre (s) Funeral doom
founding 1994
resolution 2003
Website xathagorraindustries.wordpress.com
Last occupation
All instruments and vocals
 John "Xathagorra Mlandroth" del Russi

Hierophant was a funeral doom project founded in 1994 and dissolved in 2003 .

history

John del Russi founded the Hierophant project in 1994. Del Russi released three EPs between 1999 and 2002 under the project name . All three releases were released via del Russi's label Black Beyond, which was specially initiated for this purpose. Through the various honorable mentions of the Evoken musicians Nick Orlando and Dario Derna, the music press interested in the genre became aware of the project. In particular, the British webzine Doom-Metal.com sponsored the project with laudatory reviews of Hierophant , The Weight of Winter and Autumn Dusk .

However, del Russi ended his activity under the name Hierophant in 2003 and continued his own funeral doom style with the Catacombs project, which was conceptually based on the Cthulhu myth . Finally, in the same year he published the retrospective compilation The Tome via Dark Vision Production together with Stijn van Cauter and his label Nulll Records . Due to the strict limitation and the limited marketing, the publications are coveted collectibles in the genre. The compilation was re-released by Solitude Productions in 2007 and drew polarized reviews. While the compilation is described as "consistent perfection and embodiment of the genre" in a review written for Doom-Metal.com, in a review for Metal.de it is described as "a bitter disappointment in the very first cabin". In a review of the Norwegian webzine Arctic Metal, the re-release is described as "a release for fans" by Catacombs, meanwhile in a review of the webzine metal Crypts The Tome is described as the "perfect album for genre fans who want to hear more high quality Funeral Doom" becomes.

style

Hierophant's music is classified as Funeral Doom. For the Doom-Metal.com website, the game form presented by the group is described as a “brutal” and “pulverizing” and “enormously dark and out of tune” variant of the genre. Comparisons are made to disembowelment and skepticism . Reviewers use various genre representatives of the Funeral Doom as further comparables, with particular reference to Thergothon and Skepticism. Del Russi confirms the influence and adds that he was particularly influenced by pioneers of Death Doom , including Thergothon, Disembowelment and My Dying Bride as influences.

The music is considered to be "minimalist, monotonous and played without temperament or human feelings" as "Funeral Doom in its purest form". The vocals are presented as a guttural growling throughout while the music is played slowly. The guitar playing remains characterized by riffs that are played mostly booming and heavily distorted, a second bright and clear lead guitar and the sparse use of a piano sound brings in occasional melodies.

Discography

  • 1999: Hierophant (EP, Black Beyonds)
  • 2001: The Weight of Winter (EP, Black Beyonds)
  • 2002: Autumn Dusk (EP, Black Beyond)
  • 2003: The Tome (Compilation, Dark Vision Production, Nulll Records, Solitude Productions)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Kostas Panagiotou : Hierophant Interview. Doom-Metal.com, accessed July 2, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b c d Kostas Panagiotou: Hierophant: Hierophant. Doom-Metal.com, accessed July 2, 2019 .
  3. ↑ a b c d Kostas Panagiotou: Hierophant: Autumn Dusk. Doom-Metal.com, accessed July 2, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Kostas Panagiotou: Hierophant: The Weight Of Winter. Doom-Metal.com, accessed July 2, 2019 .
  5. ↑ a b Hierophant. Doom-Metal.com, accessed July 2, 2019 .
  6. ↑ a b c Arnstein H. Pettersen: Hierophant: The Tome. Doom-Metal.com, accessed July 2, 2019 .
  7. ^ Christian: Hierophant: The Tome. Metal.de, accessed on July 2, 2019 .
  8. ^ Rune Stordahl: Hierophant: The Tome. Arctic metal, accessed July 2, 2019 .
  9. ^ A b c Lars Christiansen: Hierophant: The Tome. Metal Crypt, accessed July 2, 2019 .