Lingua Ignota

When the apocalypse is finally upon us, it will probably be announced with the music of Lingua Ignota, aka Kristin Hayter. As an artist that is classically trained in piano and voice, she forges her unique blend of operatic music, religious choral music, metal, and modern classical and avant-garde traditions to produce deeply intense and foreboding music that requires some acclimation to really appreciate. Her songs usually play out as slow burning dirges driven by her big voice, occasionally mixing it with shrieking, ululation, and instances of Tuvan throat singing, accompanied by a piano or an organ, and overdubbed vocals. She dives deep into the waters of Catholic iconography in her work, frequently dealing with concepts of damnation, violence, and revenge playing against her epic arrangements that project grandeur and dread. Her covers are also worth checking out, e.g., Jolene and Wicked Game.