Requiem

Indian is no more.

This is a big loss for lovers of heavy, abrasive music. For over a decade these sludge fiends refined their singular sound, from the bloody High On Fire, Cavity and Eyehategod worship of their debut album The Unquiet Sky, into the sweeping mass destruction of their 2011 opus Guiltless. More recently, Indian's crusty, blasted-out doom has incorporated elements of noise music, which, combined with their generally horrific vocals, screaming feedback palls, and merciless heaviness was at the absolute forefront of today's extreme music scene.

Although I'm at a loss as to what the reasons for the breakup are, the arc of their career has apparently taken them to a precipice. It would be hard to imagine how anything could possibly be more forceful and terrifying than last year's From All Purity, a record that I wrote about in this here blog when it was released. It's with great disappointment that I learned it was to be their swan song. Where the individual members decide to go from here remains to be seen.

A tip of the cap to a fine band that will be sorely missed. Hail!