5 ARTISTS YOU NEED TO KNOW NOW: SEPTEMBER 2022
[Revolver]
From fairy doom to psychedelic hardcore
Here at Revolver, we pride ourselves in living on the cutting edge of heavy music, from metal and hardcore to industrial and hip-hop, and we try to keep you on the front line, too, by giving you a deep look at the innovative noisemakers poised to shape the sound and the scene. To that end, we’ve rounded up a handful of musicians who, we think, are on the rise across several different genres. From fairy doom to psychedelic hardcore, here are five artists you’ll want to get on now.
Faetooth
RIYL Chelsea Wolfe, Blackwater Holylight, Thou
WHY YOU SHOULD CARE Faetooth’s origins are “a group of childhood friends [who] finally decided to start a project,” and their chemistry is apparent. Their 2019 EP, …An Invocation, blended eerie doom metal with squally, grungy guitars, but their upcoming debut, Remnants of the Vessel, is both heavier and higher fidelity. Faetooth playfully call themselves “fairy doom,” and while it’s a tag that works, there’s nothing cutesy about their literate lyrical narratives and plodding riffage. But the atmosphere is mystical as hell.
QUOTE “A through-line you might find is the way Jenna, Ari and Ash often recontextualize older stories, films and novels into experiences in our own lives,” the band say of the album’s lyrics. “Single and opening track ‘Echolalia’ re-imagines the story of the Tower of Babel, ‘La Sorciére’ describes the 1972 film Belladonna of Sadness, and ‘Remains’ is a reflection on the 1938 novel Rebecca. It feels as if we’re illustrating a world in which all of these stories are true and interact with one another.”