Artist description The descriptions to my tracks are the lyrics to wordless songs so to speak... All tracks are written around stories or certain things that you hear about in the description... the sounds you hear are physical instruments. I don't use any synthisizers or samples; it's all done with techniques or effects through guitar or with bones, chimes, real wind etc... the drums are both physical and programmed depending on what it is I'm doing. Poetry - Art - Music. The bloodline of Ashtorath's creation.

Music Style instrumental Progressive, Death, Black, Gothic, Doom, Classical and or Ambient

Musical Influences black doom and death metal, a lot of underground, (lots of mp3 artistis) some classical etc.

Group Members Despairialindrid

Instruments Deathmaiden-(left-handed black Warlock, see image section) Boss distortion pedal (XT2), DOD death metal pedal, Creative Audigy, wavestudio

Albums Darkstorm Entwined, The Everlasting Gray

Press Reviews A truly sublime and majestic sound; an egress of emotions... The mind traverses many places and memories whilst it listens. Feasting of beauty and disgust - a perfect balance of expression. - Wynsen ---------------------------------------------------- Dark serenity...dark beauty…and dark art...Ashtorath mixes metal, ambient, gothic, classical music into a sad universal tale, told only by the voice of a single guitar. Remarkable that just one instrument (and the hands and mind of its master) can create such a wide variety of music, from utter grimness and desolation to angelic soft sounds, but always the darkness is present, lingering through each song to remind the listener that the roots of Ashtorath lie deep in the unexplored depths of time and space... -Stijn -------------------------------------------------------------- Despairialindrid, The GOD of Doom Ambient. - The Brood Metal Show -------------------------------------------------------------- "It's pretty clear that Ashtorath was the first project of it's kind, and I doubt many can compete. Despair is not afraid to divulge his skills or style to curious fans or artists - possibly a statement that if anyone could do this, they probably would." -Dreams.Fallen

Additional Info all music, poetry, art and photography is edited, composed, arranged, performed, created written and produced by Despairialindrid unless otherwise stated.

Location Calgary, Alberta - Canada

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