Black Vinyl
Queer antifascist black metal/doom from so-called oakland, ca & olympia, wa. The breathtaking second vinyl album (and fourth full-length) from Oakland's RAGANAa, a female two-piece whose members alternate duties on drums, guitar, and vocals to produce some of the most unique and affecting dark music being made today. Originally coming togaether in the DIY punk scene of Olympia, Washington, Ragana draw upon a number of influences from the flora and fauna of their Pacific Northwest origins to the darkly nostalgic folk of
Mt. Eerie and, yes, their Olympian forebearers Wolves In The Throne Room, synthesizing them into an experimental, highly idiosyncratic take on black metal. Held together by an intense focus on raw emotion and haunting atmospherics, Ragana shifts seamlessly from tender, mesmerizing vocal harmonies to piercing, heart-ripping shrieks and back again.
Heavy, dark, beautiful and punishing. Originally released by An Out Recordings in 2017
Queer antifascist black metal/doom from so-called oakland, ca & olympia, wa. The breathtaking second vinyl album (and fourth full-length) from Oakland's RAGANAa, a female two-piece whose members alternate duties on drums, guitar, and vocals to produce some of the most unique and affecting dark music being made today. Originally coming togaether in the DIY punk scene of Olympia, Washington, Ragana draw upon a number of influences from the flora and fauna of their Pacific Northwest origins to the darkly nostalgic folk of
Mt. Eerie and, yes, their Olympian forebearers Wolves In The Throne Room, synthesizing them into an experimental, highly idiosyncratic take on black metal. Held together by an intense focus on raw emotion and haunting atmospherics, Ragana shifts seamlessly from tender, mesmerizing vocal harmonies to piercing, heart-ripping shrieks and back again.
Heavy, dark, beautiful and punishing. Originally released by An Out Recordings in 2017