Monday, December 21, 2009
Demo
http://hydraheadlines.blogspot.com/2009/12/xasthur-2005-demo-cd12.html
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
pronunciation
* Zas-ter (rhyming with disaster)
* Zas-toor or Zas-tour
* The H is silent in both
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
New addition- Marissa Nadler
Scott- Drums, Guitars (6&12 string), Bass, Piano, Keyboards, Music/Lyrics, Voice and Misery
Marissa Nadler- Choir, backing vocal dirges
Xasthur is extremely proud to have a new addition for the next album, Marissa Nadler. http://www.marissanadler.com/news.shtml
Marissa is a solo artist (singer/songwriter/guitarist); her music can be described as Ambient Atmospheric Shoe Gaze Acid-Folk, even though I’m not very concerned with labeling genres. She has a few albums you might want to check out, ‘Ballads of Living and Dying’, ‘Saga of Mayflower May’, 'Songs III: Bird on the Water' and ‘Little Hells’ if you have the time. This is really an honor because I’m quite a fan of her music.
Her voice will be heard as another instrument to accent the music of Xasthur which is an old sound that just doesn’t come out of today’s technology… and I must say it works very well with what I’m doing. Think in the vein of Shape of Despair “Shades Of…”
So far, I have listened to a couple of tracks that she has contributed to, and for a minute, I asked myself, “what band is this again?”, I like when that happens.
Truth is; I am becoming very tired of how limiting “black metal” is, so now it’s time for something a bit more unidentifiable.
As usual, I’m in this to make the kind of music I want to make and feel inside of me and not to score scene points, which are cheap and don’t mean much. Fitting in is for needy people.
That’s all I have to say,
-S
Saturday, September 12, 2009
"Label"
I have been bothered by the idea of some label making money off the music I make for a long time and I simply cannot afford to be on any 'label' anymore... at least not full time.
What I do with Xasthur outside of Disharmonic Variations is partially uncertain at this time but I do plan to stay with Hydra Head Industries for all other formats (LP's, Shirts, EP's, Cassettes) as they excel in these areas...
Friday, August 28, 2009
Changes Part 2
1. New Label, which will be my own
2. New Vocalist
3. New Album for 2010, "Portal of Sorrow", but I might pull a fast one on you and change title at last minute.
4. I will no longer do any "split releases"!
It's taking a while for some of these things to fully transpire, so that's it for now.
Friday, June 26, 2009
Changes
As they unfold, I'll update this and/or the www.xasthur.mercurous.net website.
Stay tuned if anyone still reads this.
As a side note, don't bother sending the webmaster any emails to forward, him and I are not secretaries.
