Biography
Black Boned Angel was the solo drone doom project of Christchurch musician Campbell Kneale, one of New Zealand’s most prolific and uncompromising experimental artists. Operating from 2004 to 2013, the project explored the outer limits of volume, texture and heaviness, earning an international cult following among fans of drone metal and harsh noise.
Music journalist and Terrorizer magazine named Campbell Kneale’s Black Boned Angel “the heaviest band on earth” — a fitting descriptor for a project whose releases consisted of elongated, suffocating slabs of distortion and feedback. Released largely on US extreme music labels including Hydra Head Records and their own Celebrate Psi Phenomenon imprint, Black Boned Angel’s discography ran to more than a dozen releases, from the debut Heavens Blaze Forth (2005) through to the posthumous The End (2013). The project was a key part of New Zealand’s wider experimental underground alongside related acts including Birchville Cat Motel (another Kneale project) and Thela.
Members
- Campbell Kneale — all instruments, electronics (also Birchville Cat Motel, Our Love Will Destroy the World)
Discography
- Heavens Blaze Forth (2005)
- Ashes (2006)
- The Endless Coming Into Life (2008, Hydra Head Records)
- Verdun (2009)
- The End (2013)