LINGUA IGNOTA LIVE IN MANCHESTER // CVLT Nation

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Music that is real can be difficult. Personal experiences always mould the creative perspective of an artist, but what happens if those include moments of pure darkness? Many would shy away from exposing these events, but some find a cathartic release through re-telling these stories. There is not an artist that better encapsulates that state than Lingua Ignota, who spawned into the scene in 2017 with two self-released records in Let the Evils of His Own Lips Cover Him and All Bitches Die. Combining her neo-classical background with noise and death industrial elements and an overall darkwave approach Kristin Hayter has found the perfect medium for her message. This became abundantly clear earlier this year when CALIGULA dropped like a bomb, bringing to life moments of utter darkness through agonizing noise passages or ethereal devastation via Hayter’s fantastic delivery. Given the impact the experience of listening to CALIGULA, it would be interesting to see how Hayter is able to transfer that to the stage. And since she was passing by Manchester I was lucky enough to witness that.

Photos: Al Overdrive from Lingua Ignota’s London show