Lord Krehn | Press (EPK)

One-liner

Lord Krehn is a Denver-based solo project that welds black metal, death metal, and industrial elements into grim, human-focused songs. The night is calm; dawn is the horror.

Quick Stats (for editors)

  • Hometown: Denver, Colorado, USA
  • Genres: Black Metal / Death Metal / Industrial Metal
  • Active: 2011–present (hiatus 2014–2024)
  • Latest Release: A Haunting at Dawn (2025)
  • FFO: Dark Fortress, Carpathian Forest, Gaahls Wyrd, Ihsahn
  • Members: Lord Krehn (all instruments, vocals, production)
  • Themes: the darker side of humanity
  • Stage Name Origin: Early-2000s moniker from drummer era in Blind Nation

Bios

Short Bio (≈50 words)

Lord Krehn is a solo black metal project from Denver, Colorado. I blend black, death, and industrial textures and keep the focus on the ugliness of people—not ritual or myth. Night is peaceful. Dawn is the fear. I write, play, and record everything myself.

Medium Bio (≈150 words)

Lord Krehn is a Denver-based solo project that bends black metal through death metal weight and industrial grit. The name comes from the early 2000s, back when I was on drums in Blind Nation. After that band split, I played with Origin of Demise and Maruth before choosing a path where I could keep going even when bands fell apart: solo.

My first album, Parallels (2011), told a single question in different angles: if a self-proclaimed Jesus walked in, how would we know he isn’t the anti-Christ? In 2013 I released E(Volve), a blackened death/industrial record about creation and destruction—the turn over in the mind. Then life happened. Marriage, two kids, moves, and a switch from Acid Pro to Cubase.

In 2025 I returned with A Haunting at Dawn: Why fear the dark? The darkness is calm and honest. Dawn reveals people—and that’s where the ghosts live.

Long Bio (editorial)

Lord Krehn is a solo metal project from Denver, Colorado that blends black metal, death metal, and industrial noise into songs about people—their lies, their patterns, their need to be seen as holy while chewing through each other. The name “Lord Krehn” stuck in the early 2000s when I was a drummer for Blind Nation. After that split, I moved through Denver bands like Origin of Demise and Maruth. Every group has a clock. When clocks ran out, I kept writing and recording alone.

Parallels (2011) was the start. I recorded guitars, drums, keys, and vocals by myself. The record circles a simple idea: a self-anointed savior walks in and everyone bows. What if the crown is wrong? How would we know?

E(Volve) (2013) is the second chapter. I shifted tunings, pulled in industrial textures, and wrote a line through creation and uncreation. Evolve, volve—turn it over in the mind. Worlds begin. Worlds burn. The bridge is music.

Then there was silence. I got married, had two kids, moved houses, and rebuilt the studio. I left Acid Pro and learned Cubase. There was even an acoustic covers record in progress—Korn to REM, Nine Inch Nails to Symphony X—but the tracks disappeared. Technology giveth and deletes.

2025 is the return with A Haunting at Dawn. People ask, “Why fear the dark?” We don’t. The night is beautiful—moon, stars, the quiet. We fear dawn. We fear the return of people, the grind of conformity and the neat little lies that keep the day clean. That’s the haunt.

Discography Highlights

  • Parallels (2011): All instruments, vocals, recording. Concept: Biblical inversion—mistaking a false messiah for the real thing. Refrain: “How would we know?”
  • E(Volve) (2013): Blackened death with industrial textures; varied tunings. Concept: creation vs. destruction; “evolve” + Latin “volve” (to turn over in the mind).
  • A Haunting at Dawn (2025): Black metal core, death metal density, industrial undercurrent. Concept: the dark is honest; daylight exposes people. Focus track: “The Wretching Hour”. Credits: all instruments, vocals, recording, mixing (Cubase Elements). Formats: Digital (Bandcamp/streaming).

One-Sheet — A Haunting at Dawn (2025)

Logline: Night is calm. Dawn is the haunt. This record walks from the quiet honesty of darkness into the noisy cruelty of daylight—where people wake up.

For Fans Of: Dark Fortress • Carpathian Forest • Gaahls Wyrd • Ihsahn

Why it matters: Black metal without the costume—the terror lives in human routine. No sermons. No ritual. Just the grind behind the smile.

Recommended Single: The Wretching Hour

  • RIYL Tags: black metal, blackened death, industrial metal, Colorado metal, solo project, concept album
  • Credits: Written, performed, recorded, and mixed by Lord Krehn in Denver, CO (Cubase Elements).
  • Mastering: Haunted Studios
  • Release Date: 2025 (TBD)
  • Label: Independent
  • ISRC/UPC: TBD

Assets

Key Talking Points

  • The stage name comes from my drummer days in the early 2000s—old nickname, new use.
  • I record everything myself; it’s the only way schedules don’t win.
  • The records circle one question at a time—Parallels: false savior; E(Volve): creation/uncreation; A Haunting at Dawn: people are scarier than the dark.
  • No satanic themes; human behavior is enough horror.
  • Long break for family, moves, and rebuilding a studio; now it’s about momentum.

Links

Elevator Pitch (1 sentence)

Denver solo project fusing black, death, and industrial metal; songs about human horror—the night is honest, dawn is the haunt.

Social Copy (ready-to-post)

  • Album announcement: A Haunting at Dawn—the dark isn’t the fear. People are. Out in 2025. #blackmetal #denvermetal
  • Single drop: “The Wretching Hour” out now. Last hour of night. First breath of dawn.

Timeline

  • Early 2000s: Drummer in Blind Nation; “Lord Krehn” nickname appears
  • 2011: Parallels (solo debut)
  • 2013: E(Volve) (blackened death/industrial)
  • 2014–2024: Hiatus; family, moves, rebuild, lost music, DAW switch (Acid Pro → Cubase Elements)
  • 2025: A Haunting at Dawn

Notes to Editors

  • Interviews welcomed; short email Q&As turned around quickly.
  • Advance streams available on request.
  • Not touring.