Xasthur

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Xasthur
General information
Genre (s) Depressive Black Metal , Dark Ambient
founding 1995, 2015
resolution 2010
Founding members
all instruments
 Malefic (Scott Conner)
Current occupation
all instruments
 Malefic

Xasthur is an American depressive black metal band. The name is derived from the Simon Necronomicon , where Xastur denotes a female demon who kills sleeping men. The only member was Scott "Malefic" Conner, who was already a guest musician for Sunn O))) . He is supported by various session musicians on Xasthur productions . The logo, which was also described as a “hairy tarantula dipped in ink with some smeared runes around it”, was designed by Blood Moon Ausar, who plays in the band Crimson Moon and also supported Xasthur as a keyboardist. Malefic founded Xasthur in 1995 in Alhambra , California .

In 2010, Malefic announced that they would be leaving Xasthur after the last album Portal of Sorrow . On this he took over the drums "rather bumpy" and was supported by Marissa Nadler , according to Robert Müller from Metal Hammer "with astonishingly unelf-like and often magical result".

Xasthur has been active again since 2015. Two other musicians joined Conner with Christopher Hernandez and Rachel Roomian. In 2016 the comeback album Subject to Change was released. Xasthur has been playing Neofolk since it was founded .

music

On the first albums Malefic played a raw and primitive, black-metal- inspired style that was strongly reminiscent of Burzum and evolved into a dark, monotonous and atmospheric direction that is occasionally (like Shining and Strid ) as "DSBM" ( Depressive Suicidal Black Metal ). Malefic plays slurred riffs, his style is described by Robert Müller as "atmospheric, depressive, often obsessively monotonous". In addition to Burzum and Shining, influences included Mütiilation and Les Légions Noires , Graveland's album Thousand Swords , Manes , Forgotten Woods and Funeral Winds .

The texts of Xasthur are appropriately about suicide and depression . The drums are often programmed , but Malefic expanded the instrumentation on Defective Epitaph to include real drums and a cello. Malefic saw in his music the opposite of what " head-banging heavy metal" and life , love and society represent.

Discography

Albums

  • 2002: Nocturnal Poisoning (Blood, Fire, Death, Red Stream)
  • 2003: The Funeral of Being (Blood, Fire, Death, Red Stream)
  • 2004: Telepathic with the Deceased (Moribund Cult, From Beyond Productions)
  • 2004: To Violate the Oblivious ( Total Holocaust Records , Perverted Taste )
  • 2006: Subliminal Genocide (Battle Kommand Records, Hydra Head Records )
  • 2007: Defective Epitaph (Hydra Head Records)
  • 2009: All Reflections Drained (Hydra Head Records)
  • 2010: Portal of Sorrow (Disharmonic Variations / Viva Hate Records, Kemado Records )
  • 2012: Nightmares at Dawn ( avant-garde music , compilation with rare or previously unreleased recordings)

Demos and EPs

  • 1997: Rehearsal 1997
  • 2001: A Gate Through Bloodstained Mirrors (Ma-Kahru, Profane Productions)
  • 2001: A Darkened Winter
  • 2003: Suicide in Dark Serenity (Bestial Onslaught Productions)
  • 2006: Xasthur (Moribund Records)
  • 2010: 2005 Demo (Hydra Head Records)

Split releases

  • 1999: Xasthur / Orosius
  • 2002: Xasthur / Acid Enema
  • 2004: Nachtmystium / Xasthur (Autopsy Kitchen, Shades of Death)
  • 2004: Xasthur / Angra Mainyu (Total Holocaust Records)
  • 2004: Xasthur / Leviathan ( Profound Lore Records )
  • 2004: Hedengang / A Curse for the Lifeless (split with Nortt ; Total Holocaust Records)
  • 2007: Cryostasium / Xasthur (Bestial Onslaught)
  • 2007: Striborg / Xasthur (Autopsy Kitchen)
  • 2008: Black Circle / Xasthur (Turanian Honor)

Sampler contributions

  • 2004: Chill of the Night (Returning) and Der Det Skjulte Lever on Gathered Under the Banner of Strength and Anger: A Homage to Ildjarn (Pestilence Records)
  • 2005: Maanen's Natt ( Manes -Cover) on Destroyers from the Western Skies (As Night Devours the Sun) (KillZone Records)
  • 2005: Tyrant of Nightmares on Reflections from the Abyss - Chapter I (Kthulu Productions)
  • 2005: Behold the Daughters of the Firmament on Burzum - The Tribute (Ash Nazg, Perverted Taste)
  • 2006: The Cold Earth Slept Below ... on To the Triumph of Evil (Witnesses to the Bringer of Life's Decay) - A Tribute to Judas Iscariot (ISO666 Releases)

Web links

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  1. ↑ a b c US Black Metal . Ten essential USBM albums as a gateway drug . In: Metal Hammer , August 2007, p. 89.
  2. ↑ a b c d Robert Müller: One for all . In: Metal Hammer . Axel Springer Mediahouse GmbH, Berlin July 2010, p. 79 .
  3. ^ Adam MacGregor: Xasthur - Subliminal Genocide .
  4. ^ Disharmonic Variations: out now and ending now. March 26, 2010, accessed June 25, 2010 .
  5. ↑ Olvido: Xasthur - Defective Epitaph - Review .
  6. ↑ Interview: Xasthur ( Memento July 29, 2012 on WebCite ).
  7. ↑ a b XASTHUR INTERVIEW ... HIS LAST? .

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