The music of Thomas Watkiss is a careful mix of dark ambient atmospheres and heavy metal distortion where traditional song structure dissipates to a cold, drifting experience explained by some as "death ambient." The arresting yet confrontational sounds both on record and on stage have quickly brought together audiences that appreciate early Lustmord, Swans and even Merzbow. The artist, however, makes no associations.

Thomas completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Pitt...