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Liturgy (band)

American black metal band known for transcendental black metal.

The band describes its music as "transcendental black metal," a term defined in a manifesto by founding member Haela Hunt-Hendrix.[1] Swans, Glenn Branca, and Lightning Bolt were named by Hunt-Hendrix as early inspirations for the band.[1]

Quick Facts

Origin
Brooklyn, New York City, U.S.
Genre
  • Black metal
  • avant-garde metal
  • experimental rock
Years active
2005–present
Label
  • YLYLCYN
  • 20 Buck Spin
  • Thrill Jockey
Current members
Haela Hunt-Hendrix
Past members
  • Tyler Dusenbury
  • Greg Fox
  • Bernard Gann
  • Mario Miron
  • Tia Vincent-Clark
  • Leo Didkovsky

Facts from the source article.

Making and release

Liturgy began as the solo project of Haela Hunt-Hendrix, who released the 12" Immortal Life before expanding to a four-piece band in 2008.[2][3] The debut album Renihilation was released in 2009.[2][3] In a 2012 Pitchfork interview, Hunt-Hendrix expressed a desire to move away from black metal to avoid "self-imitation"[4] The fifth studio album Origin of the Alimonies was released in November 2020.[5]

Thrill Jockey put out Aesthethica, Liturgy's second album, in May 2011; that same year, Spin magazine placed it at number 26 on its list of the 50 Best Albums of 2011.[2][6] The third studio album The Ark Work was cut in June 2014, and Thrill Jockey issued it on March 23, 2015.[4][7][3] Without any advance announcement, the fourth studio album H.A.Q.Q. came out in November 2019.[8]

What the cited sources add

A 2015 Hyperallergic interview quotes Hunt-Hendrix saying the truth of "Transcendental Black Metal" is the effort to sustain a metal band as "a work of art, a business, and a hermetic quest"[3] Hunt-Hendrix told Hyperallergic that the band's music and its relationships to people and institutions constitute "a drama"[3] The Hyperallergic interview also notes that the 2011 album Aesthethica "created something of a shit storm" due to Hunt-Hendrix's theoretical framing.[3]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "Liturgy (band)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Lars Gotrich, "First Listen: Liturgy, 'Aesthethica' : NPR", NPR, 1 May 2011; Dale W. Eisinger, "Brooklyn Thrashers Liturgy Streaming New Album", NBC New York, 4 May 2011; "Liturgy's Rap-Metalocalypse", Vice.com, 2015-03-11; "Hideous Gnosis – Transcendental Black Metal", Glossator, 8 March 2010, p. 53; Castillo, "Liturgy Push the Boundaries of Black Metal — Top 100 Acts at SXSW 2011", Spinner, 3 March 2011; Toward a Theory of Transcendental Black Metal 2015 interview with Hunter Hunt-Hendrix at Hyperallergic (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  2. Wikipedia, "Liturgy (band)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Lymangrover, Jason, "Liturgy", Allmusic; "SPIN's 50 Best Albums of 2011", Spin, December 12, 2011 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  3. Toward a Theory of Transcendental Black Metal 2015 interview with Hunter Hunt-Hendrix at Hyperallergic. facts only, no text reused. hyperallergic.com
  4. Wikipedia, "Liturgy (band)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Death to Black Metal Liturgy and Deafheaven's controversial leaders discuss the state of black metal.", Pitchfork Media, January 30, 2012 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  5. Wikipedia, "Liturgy (band)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Schaffner, "Liturgy's Hunter Hunt-Hendrix Has Come Out as Transgender", Loudwire, 12 May 2020 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  6. "SPIN's 50 Best Albums of 2011", Spin, December 12, 2011. facts only, no text reused. spin.com
  7. "Liturgy's Rap-Metalocalypse", Vice.com, 2015-03-11. facts only, no text reused. vice.com
  8. Wikipedia, "Liturgy (band)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "The Four Arenas of Transcendental Qabala", Hunter Hunt-Hendrix, January 30, 2020 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org

Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Liturgy (band) (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.

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