Ragana sign with The Flenser
Experimental black metal duo to tour with Vile Creature
Winona Phoenix (@_seataka)
Official press release:
Ragana is a queer and 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 together in the DIY punk scene of Olympia, Washington, and now based in both Olympia and Oakland, 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 forebears 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. The duo released their debut album 2012 and hit their stride over the course of 3 additional full-lengths culminating in 2017's heralded You Take Nothing LP. Ragana also went on to release a split with Thou in 2018 then a cassette-only EP We Know that the Heavens are Empty the following year. Now, Ragana are lying the groundwork for their forthcoming Flenser debut and are set to record with Nicholas Wilbur (Divide and Dissolve, Amulets, Have a Nice Life) this December.
In the meantime, prepare to see Ragana on tour with Vile Creature in select east coast and Canadian cities in early January 2023:
1/6 Brooklyn, NY @ Saint Vitus
1/7 Boston, MA @ O'Brien's
1/8 Montreal, QC @ Turbo Haus
1/9 Toronto, ON @ Baby G
Search for tours coming to your city here.
42 comments
Post CommentWho the f*ck cares if they are queer. As if we couldn't tell from the photo. But, what does that have to do with the music?
Black Metal = 1st and 2nd Wave Anything past that is shit for betas and hipsters.
Who gives a f*ck about their sexual orientation. Imagine using that as the first adjecrive to describe a band
I wasn't going to listen to them until I found out they identify as queer.
I was going to listen to them until I found out they identify as queer.
i can tell this is trash without even listening. if their music was good they wouldn't have to talk about what they do with their genitals.
Do they have a video of the non-music variety? I would click play on that.
Yeah ok... But is there a guy selling pickles in the band?
Stuart Ross from Misery Signals here. I was the only person that got a lambgoat furnace fest shirt and I got it for free. Lurkcity was begging me profusely to buy one since no one had, and he thought it would make him finally seem cool if I bought one. After many times turning him down he said he would give me one for free if he could post a picture of me holding it on lambgoat. I agreed only to shut him up and of the picture was by myself. He agreed, but right before the camera flashed he jumped next to me to pretend we were taking the picture together and then he posted that on every social media platform. He's like a 40 year old Stewart from beavis and butthead and no one could stand to be around him. Just wanted to clear up the damage my image has taken since that picture was posted
Hey, Stuart - it was funny in the first post, but not if you are just going to copy and paste the same thing over and over.
Lets get some pronouns in the chat. Need to make sure everyone is comfortable. Mine are They/them and that means I'm a good person.
Lambgoat with that bait. Bravo good sirs! 👏👏👏
I can't believe lambgoat is gonna make me vote for trump this next election
"Lambgoat with that bait. Bravo good sirs" lurk cheering himself on, f*cking pathetic
Danny Diablo at age 50 realized he should stop using cocaine after his 20 something stripper/sex worker girlfriend threw him out of her place. Now only if he would realize you can't have a rap career in your 50s and stop dressing like a juggalo clown
Thank you to Danny Diablo for his constant Instagram updates now that he's stopped using cocaine. Dude. Do you really need to film yourself boiling eggs? All that useless BS he posts and pats himself on the back for stopping cocaine , not a word about the son he abandoned
How bad do you think they smell? Lesbians stink, people in bands stink and black women STINK!
God I can't wait till the FBI nabs you psychotic racist assholes and you stop posting here and instead you'll be getting railed in prison
^^^I thought you lefties didn't believe in God? Also, I'm gay so an ass raping is welcomed. 😉
"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 " What??
"^^^I thought you lefties didn't believe in God? Also, I'm gay so an ass raping is welcomed. 😉" It's a figure of speech, you f*cking worthless high school drop out.
Danny Diablo here… go support my ex girlfriend at Pumps in Brooklyn. 200 dolla handies in the VIP room DMS style.
Co-co headliners for Carpet Munch Fest 2023
I'm gay and I support keeping women out of hardcore
"It's a figure of speech, you f*cking worthless high school drop out." ^^^Jokes on you, I never even went to school, so dropping out is an impossibility. f*cking dweeb. Hahahahaha!!!
"God I can't wait till the FBI nabs you psychotic racist assholes and you stop posting here and instead you'll be getting railed in prison" ^Who is this dork white knighting a couple of lesbians who would laugh in his face if they knew he was trying to defend they/them.
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