Black metal is one corner of music where outcasts always find community. For too long now, however, the artists occupying that realm have existed on pedestals no average person could hope to reach.
Witch Taint signals a change that black metal desperately needs. Formed in 2004, the band crafts heavy tracks for regular people with normal jobs and everyday anxieties. The band speaks for the fans of the genre, those who need to maintain one foot in the world of black metal and one foot in the mundanity of an average existence, and commands them to embrace their fandom. Witch Taint wants people to live a black metal lifestyle instead of merely being fans, and they provide the perfect soundtrack for conversion with their debut album, Sons of Midwestern Darkness (out April 10 through Tee Pee Records).
On this episode of Inside Music, host James Shotwell speaks to Witch Taint co-founder Lance The King of Black Metal about his group's unique approach heaviness. The pair also explore the origins of Witch Taint and why it took sixteen years for the band to release their first album.
