| Leviathan | |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | San Francisco, California, United States of America |
| Genre(s) | Black metal |
| Years active | 1998 - 2007 |
| Label(s) | Moribund Cult |
| Associated acts |
Lurker of Chalice Twilight |
| Website | [1] |
| Members | |
| Wrest | |
Leviathan is an experimental/ambient black metal band formed in 1998 by main man Wrest. In Leviathan, Wrest records and plays all instruments including vocals entirely on his own. Additionally, Wrest has collaborated with the band Sunn O))), and is an active member of the U.S. black metal supergroup Twilight. He has stated in interviews that he has been playing drums longer than any other instrument and that the drums are his instrument of choice. Wrest also plays and records everything in his other project Lurker of Chalice. Regarding his writing, Wrest says that "...lyrics are important and also very hard for me... at times, the way things come out in words sounds like nonsense. I don't consider myself a poet by any means." Leviathan's future is unknown at this point. "Massive Conspiracy Against All Life" is recorded, but Wrest has been in conflict with Moribund Records. According to Leviathan's Myspace, "Massive Conspiracy Against All Life" and the upcoming split with Nachtmystium will be released under his Lurker of Chalice project. According to Aquarius Records (on their website review for Crebain's "Night of Stormcrow" re-release), Leviathan is now defunct.
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Discography
Full Lengths
EPs
- The Speed Of Darkness - (2006)
- The Blind Wound - (2006)
Compilations
- Verräter (Two Disc) - (2002)
- Demos Two Thousand - (2005)
- A Silhouette in Splinters - (2005)
- Howl Mockery At The Cross - (2005)
- Within the Church of Thee Overlords - (2007)
Splits
- Live In Eternal Sin / The Speed Of Darkness (Split w/ Iuvenes - (2003)
- Crebain / Leviathan (Split w/ Crebain) - (2004)
- Black Metal Against the World - (2004)
- Xasthur / Leviathan (Split w/ Xasthur) - (2004)
- Portrait in Scars [Split w/ Blackdeath) - (2005)
- Leviathan / Sapthuran (Split w/ Sapthuran) - (2006)
- Nachtmystium / Leviathan (Split w/ Nachtmystium) - (2007)
Demos
- THREE (Demo 3) - (1998)
- Time End - (1998)
- MisanthropicNecroBlasphemy - (2000)
- Seven & Slaveship - (2000)
- Shadows of No Light - (2000)
- Video Brolo (Demo 8) - (2000)
- Howl Mockery at the Cross - (2001)
- Intolerance (XI) - (2001)
- Nine (Inclement Derision) - (2001)
- Sacrifice Love at the Altar of War - (2001)
- Ten - (2001)
- The 10th Sub Level Of Suicide - (2002)
- White Devil, Black Metal - (2002)
- XV - (2002)
Lineup
Current members
- Wrest (Jef Whitehead) – All instruments, voices, sounds
Wrest is the pseudonym adopted by Jef Whitehead, mastermind behind one man bands Leviathan and Lurker of Chalice. He is also a member of the USBM collective Twilight performing various roles including drumming, as well as a renowned tattoo artist in San Francisco.
