Taking their name from the Fenlands, a marshy coastal plain in Eastern England, Fen is a blackgaze/post-metal group that casts icy slabs of moribund atmospherics and cascading riffs that evoke the spectral black metal of bands like Agalloch and Wolves in the Throne Room. Emerging in 2009 with The Malediction Fields, the band has continued to refine its post-black metal aesthetic with acclaimed releases like Carrion Skies (2014) and The Dead Light (2019).
Founded in 2006 and comprising the Watcher (vocals, guitars, synths), Grungyn (bass, vocals), and Havenless (drums), Fen i...