YALDABAOTH

Yaldabaoth biography
Hailing from Anchorage, Alaska, Yaldabaoth are an American progressive black metal project. Named after the demiurge of Gnosticism, the band's lineup is shrouded in secrecy, with its participants also members of Anchorage-based black metal groups Arria Paetus and They Leapt from Burning Windows.

Signed to Anchorage record label Lycaean Triune, Yaldabaoth made their debut in 2017 with a one-track split with dark ambient act Skopt. Three years later, Yaldabaoth released their first LP, That Which Whets the Saccharine Palate, jointly through Lycaean Triune and Aesthetic Death in early 2020. The full-length is a loose concept album described by the band as "a study of disgust, contempt, and mockery for all of religion's existential justifications," which "explores the fractures and faults of devout belief."

Playing a brand of dissonant black metal inspired by the likes of Deathspell Omega and Ved Buens Ende, Yaldabaoth come recommended to fans of Bhavachakra, Thantifaxath, Dodecahedron, Shining, Aosoth and Absconditus.