Strange things are a foot in the bowels of hell: After more than a decade of eluding non-metal ears, Xasthur has stepped outside the extreme music tinderbox for his bone-rattling fifth album, Subliminal Genocide. Comprised solely of Scott Conner, aka Malefic, Xasthur's U.S. black metal first received crossover attention for contributions to Sunn 0)))'s Black One: Malefic's coffined presence, along with vocal work by fellow Twilight traveler Leviathan (aka Wrest), is a huge part of what catapulted that album to acclaim. Well, that was then. Now, jumping Southern Lord… read more
Strange things are a foot in the bowels of hell: After more than a decade of eluding non-metal ears, Xasthur has stepped outside the extreme music ti… read more
Strange things are a foot in the bowels of hell: After more than a decade of eluding non-metal ears, Xasthur has stepped outside the extreme music tinderbox for his bone-rattling fifth a… read more
There are multiple artists with this name: 1) Xasthur is an American one-man band founded in Alhambra, California by Scott "Malefic" Conner. Xasthur started in 1995 and released eight studio albums of ambient black metal by 2010, when Malefic announced the end of the project. However, he revived it in 2015 to focus on acoustic neofolk music, releasing a ninth album in 2016. Musically and lyrically, Xasthur's focus is on astral projection, darkness, despair, suicide, hate, and death. The first album Nocturnal Poisoning (recorded April-September 2001) was jointly releas… read more
There are multiple artists with this name: 1) Xasthur is an American one-man band founded in Alhambra, California by Scott "Malefic" Conner. Xasthur started in 1995 and released e… read more
There are multiple artists with this name: 1) Xasthur is an American one-man band founded in Alhambra, California by Scott "Malefic" Conner. Xasthur started in 1995 and released eight studio albums of ambient black metal by 2… read more