Abigail Williams

Abigail Williams is a metal band hailing from Phoenix, Cleveland, NYC, New Jersey, and southern california. The band melds together influences from melodic death metal, black metal, and, on earlier material, metalcore. As of 2008 they have developed a sound more akin to symphonic black metal than their earlier material. Abigail Williams broke into the scene in summer of 2005 playing a sort of melodic death metal with keyboards but it wasn’t until fall of 2006 when the band refined it’s sound, losing the original singer while original guitar player Sorceron moved to vocals to opt for a more aggressive approach, with the track “Watchtower” shaping the sound of the band into what Kerrang! Magazine has called “The bloody birth of ‘Black Metalcore’” (though the band will not agree with the label).

Since inception Abigail Williams has played shows and toured with bands like Dark Funeral, Enslaved, Vader, Malevolent Creation, Testament, and Emperor. The band is currently touring the US with The Faceless, Decrepit Birth, Veil of Maya, and Neuraxis on the Planetary Duality Tour.

in 2008 Abigail Williams released a debut full length titled “In The Shadow Of A Thousand Suns” for Candlelight records. Drums were handled by Trym Torson (Emperor, Zyklon) and production took place in Norway, Florida, New Jersey, and NYC. The album was produced by Sorceron and James Murphy (Testament, Death, Obituary, Disincarnate) who also performed a guest solo on the track "The World Beyond".

The current lineup is:

Sorceron - Vocals, Guitar
Ashley Ellyllon - Piano, Orchestration
Plaguehammer - Bass
Mike Wilson - Guitar
Bjornthor - Guitar
Samus - Drums