Biography | Contact | Discography | Press

BIOGRAPHY

“HALLOWED BUTCHERY is the alter-ego of Ryan Scott Fairfield from Kennebec County, Maine/USA, and his one-man-project brings you bizarre soundscapes between ambient, folk, industrial, progressive rock and heavy doom metal. Instead of the average doom repetitiveness, variety is the bottom line of this symphonic opus, ranging from soft melancholic acoustic passages to pure dark and slow funeral doom marches and weird synth fanfares. Lyrically, he deals with environmentalism, spirituality, religion and individuality vs. society. Altogether this results in a great album taking the listener on a trip into unknown depths of the self.”

“…a full-fledged warhorse of doom, with a sound that is way beyond its years”

“This is the most progressive doom / sludge stuff we’ve ever heard, for fans of: AHAB , COMUS, EARTH, KHANATE and NORTT” - Taken from Bis Auf's Messer

CONTACT

ryanfairfield(at)gmail(dot)com
http://www.myspace.com/hallowedbutchery

DISCOGRAPHY

"Funeral Rites for the Living" (CD/LP)

Vendetta Records, May 2009
Recorded and Mixed by Ryan Fairfield
Mastered by James Plotkin

1. A Wake for the Human Race
2. Pantheon Enthroned
3. Great North Woods
4. Back Asswards
5. Kingdom (Within You)
6. The Kennebec
7. Abolish the Pulpit
8. The Kennebec (Reprise)
9. After the Gold Rush (Neil Young)

Available in the online store and through a plethora of fine distros, including Bif Aus Messer, Crucial Blast, and Relapse.

"Desertscraped: New Noise from the Neon Wilderness" Compilation (Limited CD)

A limited (100 copies) compilation featuring a sleu of experimental and noise artists from Las Vegas, Nevada. SOLD OUT. Note: I was currently residing in Vegas upon its release.

Featuring the Hallowed Butchery song "Dirge."

"The Static Hymnal" 6xC-6O compilation box set

6 cassette box set featuring black noise and black metal artists. Limited to 100 copies. Released by Husk/Factotum/Hung Like A Horse. SOLD OUT.

Featuring the Hallowed Butchery song "Jesus Christ 666."

PRESS

"...wisps of industrial static, droning melancholy and vague traces of forgotten folk..." Recommended - Collective Zine

"Life is not a dogma; music can not be reduced to formulas. Hallowed Butchery proves it with brilliance." Pick of the Month (10/09) - Doom-Metal.com

"...sections of groaning angry sludge morph into warm acoustic strumming, while moments later tribal drums and symphonics take over and push the wall of sound sky high..." 8.2/10 - MetalStorm

"Macabre doom marches through riffs cast in fire and brimstone are the lifeline of this record..." 8.3/10 - MetalReview

"In just nine songs he grasps the essence of doom metal that is beyond anything I have heard in years!" 88/100 - Lords of Metal

"...Funeral is easily the most ambitious effort in the doom-metal genre in years..." - Las Vegas City Life

"...a surreal voyage through some intense and crushing prog/doom weirdness." - Crucial Blast Shop

Look for reviews in various print zines as well, including issue 22 of Rock-A-Rolla Magazine.