Biography
Formed in Austin, Texas during 2006, the doom metal group Brown Jenkins drew its name from the creature in H.P. Lovecraft’s “The Dreams in the Witch House” and took its primary inspiration from the author’s wider body of work. The project arose once the instrumental metal outfit Starshine disbanded, with former Starshine participant Umesh Amtey assuming every role—vocals, guitar, bass, and additional instruments. Brown Jenkins issued its debut recording, the 2007 CD-R EP Squamous, which examined Lovecraft’s character Joseph Curwen and the novella “The Whisperer in Darkness.” Later that same year the band followed with another CD-R titled Call Down the Star Cult. After one further mini-CD, bass player Less and programmer Oscar departed, concluding they no longer belonged in the creative process. Amtey carried forward alone, completing the band’s first full-length album, Angel Eyes, in 2008. Now under contract with Moribund and gradually expanding past its initial Lovecraft focus, Brown Jenkins spent the remainder of that year readying the EP Welcome to the Bitterness for the God Is Myth label’s Lovecraft-themed series alongside the album Death Obsession, an inquiry into moral questions surrounding mortality.
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