ALBUM REVIEW: Reverend Kristin Michael Hayter – SAVED!


 

Kristin Hayter is perhaps better known by her erstwhile pseudonym Lingua Ignota, under which moniker she has released several albums that combine dark experimentalism with the influence of classical and folk music. Stating that it is “not healthy for [her] to relive [her] worst experiences over and over” through the music of her previous project, she has now recast herself as Reverend Kristin Michael Hayter, under which name her new album SAVED! (Perpetual Flame Ministries) arrives.

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ALBUM REVIEW: Lingua Ignota – Sinner Get Ready



Lingua Ignota’s music has always come with a certain duality as her first three albums cycled through the harshest Industrial textures and the most arresting Neoclassical Darkwave. However, that duality has seemingly been phased out with the release of her fourth full-length, Sinner Get Ready (Sargent House). The walls of noise are considerably subdued in comparison to past outings and the vocals are devoid of screams and distortion, leaving the songs to be primarily driven by sparse piano and organs with layers of melismatic cleans.

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Lingua Ignota Shares New Song and Video – “Perpetual Flame Of Centralia”


Lingua Ignota, a.k.a. Kristin Hayter, the acclaimed multi-talented artist and vocalist will release her new album, Sinner Get Ready, August 6th, 2021 via Sargent House.She has released an emotional new single and striking video, “Perpetual Flame Of Centralia,” in a visionary collaboration with Ashley Rose Couture. Watch it now and pre-order the album at the link below.

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