Author & Punisher

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Author & Punisher
Author & Punisher @ Roadburn Festival 2017 02.jpg
Author & Punisher live at Roadburn Festival 2017
Background information
Birth nameTristan Shone
Born (1977-10-18) October 18, 1977 (age 47)
Origin San Diego, California, U.S.
Genres Industrial metal, drone metal, doom metal, art metal [1]
Years active2004–present
Website authorandpunisher.com

Author & Punisher is a one-man band from San Diego, formed in January 2004 by mechanical engineer and artist Tristan Shone. Most of the instrumentation and controllers Shone uses, called "Drone Machines" and "Dub Machines", are custom-designed and fabricated by Shone from raw materials and open-source electronic circuitry. [2] [3] Shone was inspired to build his own instruments to achieve the sound he wanted that conventional instruments could not accomplish and the difficulty in finding band members. [4]

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The name is a reference to a religious t-shirt that Shone, who went to a Catholic high school, used to wear in college. Shone has said it was a way to poke fun at a bible verse [a] that refers to Jesus as "author and finisher." [5]

Shone has released nine albums as Author & Punisher, with Melk en Honing (2015) [6] and Pressure Mine (2017) released through Phil Anselmo's record label Housecore Records. His latest, Krüller , was released by Relapse Records on February 11, 2022. [7]

Discography

Studio albums

YearTitleLabel
2005The Painted ArmyA&P Recordings
2010Drone MachinesHeart & Crossbone
2012Ursus AmericanusSeventh Rule Recordings
2013Women & ChildrenSeventh Rule Recordings
2015 Melk en Honing Housecore Records
2018 Beastland Relapse Records
2022 Krüller Relapse Records
2025Nocturnal BirdingRelapse Records

EPs

YearTitleLabel
2007WarcryA&P Recordings
2017Pressure MineHousecore Records

Live albums

YearTitleLabel
2020Live B.C. 2020Self-released

Notes

  1. Hebrews 12:2

References

  1. "The Top 10 Arty Metal Bands". LA Weekly. April 11, 2017.
  2. "This One-Man Metal Band Makes Music Using Mechanized Masks". wired.com. Wired. February 25, 2014. Archived from the original on April 6, 2014. Retrieved February 17, 2015.
  3. Tristan Shone (2010). "HEADGEAR MIDI CONTROL - Make your own octo-microphone USB/MIDI controller". Make . Retrieved February 17, 2015.
  4. Noisey (April 11, 2018). "The One-Man Industrial Doom Metal Band". YouTube. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
  5. Senior, Nicholas (July 23, 2015). "Interview: Tristan Shone Discusses Author & Punisher". New Noise Magazine . Archived from the original on January 19, 2025. Retrieved January 19, 2025. Author & Punisher came from a religious t-shirt I had in college. I went to Catholic high school for hockey, not religion, so I was always poking fun at it, while at the same time, absorbing as much as possible. I think Author & Punisher is a word for God and power with a tongue in the cheek.
  6. "Author & Punisher is 'The Art of Noise'; Realized on 'Melk En Honing'". June 22, 2015.
  7. "AUTHOR & PUNISHER to Release New Album 'Krüller' in February". lambgoat.com. Retrieved January 19, 2025.