Artist: Ligeia
Genre(s):
Metal
Discography:
Your Ghost Is a Gift
Year: 2006
Tracks: 11
Named after the cooling 1838 short narration by Edgar Allan Poe, Ligeia is a product of the same westerly Massachusetts hard-core shot that in the eighties birthed Dinosaur Jr. and Sebadoh, merely in retention with the multiplication, this young act's sound is heavily influenced by its metalcore brethren. Not to be disoriented with the British goth bikers of the same distinguish, Ligeia was formed in Springfield, MA, in 2003 with the original lineup of singer Keith Holuk, guitarists Ryan Ober and Chris Keane, bassist Matthew Bennett, and drummer Phil Fonseca. Signed to the New Jersey-based metalcore imprint Ferret Records (Maylene and the Sons of Disaster, etc.), the band released their debut album, Your Ghost Is a Gift, in the spring of 2006. Following the album's spillage, Bennett and Fonseca were replaced by new bassist Bryan Forbes and drummer Ryan Irizarry.
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