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The Hellfire Club
12+ albums
hard houseHard Trance
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There are at least 2 artists known as The Hellfire Club: 1) In late June 2006, friends Brandon Schneider (of Modern Films) and Leighton Peterson came together to form a project known as the Hellfire Club. The project was years in the making and was finally granted life after a marathon recording session of the band's first home-recorded EP, the Black Heartland EP. Withdrawing from their respective local music scenes, the two sought to amalgamize the many styles of music that influenced them throughout their creative development. Eventually, the two pioneered a whacky subgenre of music that they've since dubbed "bootgaze" -- shoegaze, trip-hop, acoustic powerpop, post-rock, blues, folk -- a melding of all of this and more. Oddly enough, Peterson and Schneider arrived at this venture independently, thereby cementing their decision to form a band. Borrowing from both regional mythology and the legends behind the band's name, Peterson and Schneider seek to convey an experience to their audience through sharp narration. An obvious focus on small-town life and what dwells within comes across in the music as well as the band's lyrics. The straightforward, often grating narration serve to better paint the picture of Peterson's and Schneider's experiences as residents in small towns. Musically, the Hellfire Club, always with Schneider and Peterson at the core, play with many different musicians. In fact, you may never know which musicians (other than Peterson and Schneider, of cour
