Eye of Nix (Washington state, U.S.A.)

Ligeia is the 2020 album by Eye of Nix (Washington state). They describe their music as "avant-garde, doom metal, black metal, alternative." The new album is available at Bandcamp.

Biography: Formed in Seattle in 2012, EYE OF NIX has released two albums and a demo EP to date and has shared the stage with artists like Voivod, Alcest, Jarboe, Worm Ouroboros, Sabbath Assembly, and Eight Bells. The band’s creative intent is to craft music that is threatening, beautiful, and harsh through mesmerizing rhythms, emotive melodies, and intense dynamics.

In 2018 the group joined the roster of German/US label Prophecy, and has a new full-length album slated for release in 2020. Their 2017 LP Black Somnia (recorded by Billy Anderson) was initially released on Scry Recordings and re-issued by Prophecy the following year. The album centers on themes of fear, control, and anxiety while shape-shifting through a lens of blackened psychedelia and doom. The band collaborated with ritual visual artist Anima Nocturna and an international group of Butoh dance artists to create the album’s stunning artwork.

EYE OF NIX has appeared at Northwest Terror Fest, Prophecy Fest US, Litha Cascadia & Thirst For Light, and toured the western and northeast states. In 2018, founding vocalist Joy Von Spain, guitarist Nicholas Martinez, and sound artist Masaaki Masao were joined by bassist Zach Wise (Hissing) and drummer Luke LaPlante.

Moros, their first LP, was released in 2015 via Eugene-based imprint Belief Mower (Muscle And Marrow, Hungers). The album was captured by the hands of accomplished Seattle-based engineer Brandon Fitzsimons (Bell Witch, Anhedonist) at Airport Grocery and mastered by Justin Weis at Trakworx in San Francisco. The record was reissued digitally with two bonus studio tracks: Blood in the Fire and Rome Burned. Michael Ray Sheets and Joy Von Spain created a short film for Elysium Elusive in 2015, featuring movement by Vanessa Skantze.

Ligeia by EYE OF NIX