Haela Hunt-Hendrix

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Hunter Ravenna Hunt-Hendrix
Born (1985-01-25) January 25, 1985 (age 39)[1]
OriginNew York City, U.S.
GenresBlack metal, avant-garde metal, experimental rock, classical music
Occupation(s)Composer, vocalist, guitarist, filmmaker
LabelsYLYLCYN, Thrill Jockey, 20 Buck Spin
Websitehttp://liturgy.bandcamp.com
RelativesH. L. Hunt (grandfather)
Lamar Hunt (uncle)
Clark Hunt (cousin)

Hunter Ravenna Hunt-Hendrix (born January 25, 1985) is an American musician and composer. She is best known for her work as creator, lead singer, and guitarist of black metal band Liturgy.[2]

Personal life

Hunt-Hendrix was born in 1985 in New York City,[1] the child of academician Helen LaKelly Hunt and self-help author Harville Hendrix.[3][4] She is a member of the Hunt oil/football family which includes her grandfather oil tycoon H. L. Hunt, her uncle Lamar Hunt, and her cousin Clark Hunt.[4] Hunt-Hendrix grew up in New Mexico, New Jersey, and Brooklyn, New York.[5]

In May 2020, Hunt-Hendrix came out as transgender in an Instagram post, writing, "The love I have to give is a woman's love, if only because it is mine. To varying degrees many already understand this, but I'd like to make a clear statement about my actual gender."[6]

Career

Hunt-Hendrix formed Liturgy as a solo project while attending Columbia University in New York City.[1] In 2008, Hunt-Hendrix released the EP Immortal Life under the Liturgy name, and the band cohered as a quartet with Bernard Gann (guitar), Greg Fox (drums), and Tyler Dusenbury (bass). Liturgy released their first full-length record, Renihilation, in 2009. Shortly after, Hunt-Hendrix published the philosophical treatise "Transcendental Black Metal: A Vision of Apocalyptic Humanism" as part of the Hideous Gnosis Black Metal symposium.[7] Liturgy's second and third albums, Aesthethica (2011) and The Ark Work (2015), were released with Thrill Jockey Records. Despite the critical success of Aesthetica,[8] Hunt-Hendrix stated in an interview with Pitchfork that "I was never happy with any other Liturgy release. I didn’t want to release them. But the aim with this one (The Ark Work) was to take that musical vibe and execute it all the way—and I love it."[5]

In November 2019, Liturgy debuted their fourth studio album, H.A.Q.Q. The album features a new lineup, with original members Hunt-Hendrix and Gann joined by Tia Vincent-Clark (bass) and Leo Didkovsky (drums); on H.A.Q.Q., the band is accompanied by an ensemble including harp, hichiriki, piano, ryuteki, vibraphone, voice, and assorted strings.[9] Hunt-Hendrix also began releasing a series of videos explaining the philosophical system that informed the album and is depicted on its cover.[10]

On November 20, 2020, Liturgy released their fifth full-length studio album, the "cosmogonical opera-album" Origin of the Alimonies; with the release came the announcement of an accompanying operatic film written, shot, edited by, and starring Hunt-Hendrix.[11] As with previous Liturgy releases, Origin of the Alimonies is part of Hunt-Hendrix's larger philosophical and mythological framework. The opera "tells the story of a cosmological traumatic explosion between OIOION and SIHEYMN, a pair of divine beings whose thwarted love tears a wound from which civilization is generated, producing the Four Alimonies of the intelligible universe and the task of collective emancipation."[12] Hunt-Hendrix debuted an earlier version of the video opera at National Sawdust in October 2018.[13] 

In 2005, Hunt-Hendrix’s screamo side project The Birthday Boyz released their debut album The Bro Cycle. Following this, Hunt-Hendrix collaborated with Krallice guitarist Collin Marston and former Birthday Boyz bandmates Greg Smith and Jeff Bobula to form the band Survival, who released their eponymous debut in 2013.[14]

In 2016 Hunt-Hendrix released an electronic album titled New Introductory Lectures on the System of Transcendental Qabala under the band name Kel Valhaal.[15] Hunt-Hendrix describes the release as combining elements of classical music, electronic music, rap, and metal,[16] as well as working "to activate transcendental catharsis using the elements of sound design."[17]

In September 2019, Hunt-Hendrix released the single "Seraphim" with the "trap-djent" band Ideal.

References

  1. ^ a b c Joyce, Colin (9 April 2015). "Try to Make Yourself a Work of Art: Liturgy's Extra-Metal Ambition". SPIN. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  2. ^ Nechvatal, Joseph (10 June 2015). "Toward a Theory of Transcendental Black Metal". Hyperallergic. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Oprah's SuperSoul Conversations: How to Make Love Last". Omny Studio. The Oprah Winfrey Show. 8 January 1993. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  4. ^ a b "The Hunt Family Tree" (PDF). D Magazine. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 29, 2013.
  5. ^ a b Currin, Grayson Haver (10 March 2015). "The Liturgy Manifesto". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 20 November 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ Schaffner, Lauryn (12 May 2020). "Liturgy's Hunter Hunt-Hendrix Has Come Out as Transgender". Loudwire. Retrieved 20 November 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ Hunt-Hendrix, Hunter (31 January 2010). "Transcendental Black Metal: a Vision of Apocalyptic Humanism" (PDF). Hideous Gnosis. 1: 53–65. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  8. ^ "SPIN's 50 Best Albums of 2011". Spin. 12 December 2011. Retrieved 11 November 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ^ Currin, Grayson Haver (19 November 2019). "Liturgy: H.A.Q.Q." Pitchfork. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  10. ^ Hunt-Hendrix, Hunter (27 February 2020). "Hunter Hunt-Hendrix - Transcendental Time and the Relation between Philosophy, Art and Religion". Youtube. Retrieved 18 November 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. ^ Minsker, Evan (21 October 2020). "Liturgy Announce New Album Origin of the Alimonies, Share New Song: Listen". Pitchfork media. Retrieved 20 November 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. ^ Hadusek, John (21 October 2020). "Liturgy Announce New Album Origin of the Alimonies, Share "Lonely OIOION": Stream". Consequences of sound. Retrieved 21 November 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. ^ Cohen, Brad (October 2018). "Hunter Hunt-Hendrix: Origin of an Opera Cycle". National Sawdust. Retrieved 20 November 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. ^ Greene, Jayson (21 May 2013). "Survival: "Survival"". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 15 November 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  15. ^ "New Introductory Lectures on the System of Transcendental Qabala, by Kel Valhaal". Kel Valhaal. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
  16. ^ Song, Sandra (23 June 2016). "PREMIERE: Kel Valhaal Brings Forth The Punishing, Rapturous "Ontological Love"". Paper Magazine. Retrieved 20 November 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  17. ^ Rothbarth, Adam (9 June 2016). "Hunter Hunt-Hendrix (Liturgy) announces Kel Valhaal project, album out next month". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved 7 December 2020.

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