When black metal reached American shores in the early 90s, it started a movement of artists trying to re-create the chilling, nihilistic sounds of their Norwegian forefathers—and it didn’t get much better than Xasthur. Formed in 1995 and operated mostly as the solo project of Malefic (aka Scott Conner), Xasthur embodied everything that was great about black metal while improving upon it.…
When black metal reached American shores in the early 90s, it started a movement of artists trying to re-create the chilling, nihilistic sounds of their Norwegian forefathers—and it didn’t get much better than Xasthur. Formed in 1995 and operated mostly as the solo project of Malefic (aka Scott Conner), Xasthur embodied everything that was great about black metal while improving upon it.…