Burning Witch

When it became apparent that underground metal favorites Thorshammer had to shut down their operation, the group re-formed intact (except for vocalist Ozma and bassist James Hale) and charted a musical course both slower and heavier than their previous partnership. The resulting project became Burning Witch, one of extreme music's all-time slowest, lowest bands. Darker than doom metal, spookier than sludge, Burning Witch explored the most secluded corners of negativity and depression. Subsequent artists have matched this group's minimal approach to metal in terms of beats-per-...