Author & Punisher


Author & Punisher is a one-man industrial doom and drone metal band from San Diego, CA, made up of mechanical engineer and artist Tristan Shone, started in January 2004. Most of the instrumentation and controllers he uses, entitled "Drone Machines" and "Dub Machines" are custom designed and fabricated by Shone from raw materials and open source electronic circuitry.
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As experimental as Shone 's music seems at times, he has refined his sound with thick and pulsating high fidelity drone that seems to lay a sonic lead blanket waving over your core. It lingers only as long as it needs, regrouping and intensifying with pounding live rhythms and textural vocals. The sound builds up anxiously but always rewards the listener with a hint of hope through epic sonic releases, leaving you feeling exhausted but satisfied.
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Shone has released six albums as Author & Punisher, most recently Melk En Honing (milk and honey), his first on Phil Anselmo's record label Housecore Records.