Botanist

Perhaps one of the most unconventional metal acts of all time, the largely one-man-band Botanist produces environmentally themed "green metal" using hammered dulcimer and drums; other than bass, no guitar is present. The lyrics are sung from the point of view of the Botanist, a reclusive maniac who despises humanity and its crimes against nature and spends his life in self-imposed exile among the flora in a space he refers to as the Verdant Realm. Song titles include "Rhododendoom" and "Gorechid," along with numerous plant-related terms that are indecipherable to anyone who is...