Caïna (band)

Caïna is an English one-man post-black-metal band from Manchester, formed in 2004 by Andrew Curtis-Brignell (known as "A" on early releases).

History

The project was designed to become a continually evolving musical entity, combining the frigid and cold musical framework of the rawest black metal with a post-rock/ambient sound and aesthetic. Stylistically drawing from influences as disparate as black and death metal, drone, dream pop/shoegaze, neofolk and post-rock, each Caïna release is designed to be a distinct entity with its own palette and mood. Amongst the project's lyrical themes are English myths and legends, its literature, the repudiation of religion and the exultation of the individual.

The name "Caïna" refers an eternally frozen lake in Dante's Inferno (14th century); a bottomless fissure filled with blackened ice, reverborating with the lament of innumerable [...] souls, from which there is no escape.

Discography

Albums

• 2006 – Some People Fall
• 2007 – Mourne
• 2008 – Temporary Antennae
• 2011 – Hands That Pluck
• 2011 – Will over Worlds (compilation)

Singles and EPs

• 2007 – "I, Mountain"
• 2007 – "The Heart of the Master"
• 2009 – "Caïna"

Demos

• 2005 – "When We Are Grown, We Will Be Strong"
• 2006 – "The Cold Taste of Perdition"
• 2006 – "The King Beneath"

Splits

• 2006 – "Age of Thorns (An Anti-Monotheistic Hate Monument)"
• 2009 – "Krieg / Caïna"
• 2009 – "Caïna / Process of Guilt"
• 2011 – "White Medal / Caïna"

Line-up

Current members

• Andrew Curtis-Brignell (ex-Dormant) – all instruments

Former members

• Jon Brignell – double bass

See also

• Culture of Manchester
• List of black-metal bands
• List of dark-ambient artists
• List of doom-metal bands
• List of music artists and bands from Manchester
• Music of England

External links

• , the band's official website