southern records

Biography

Velvet Cacoon formed on the premise of creating magically decadent black metal while at the same time unloading heaps of made up fantastical stories, in order to gain the type of notoriety that few underground bands ever taste.

A supposed break-up, a reformation, making up albums and demos that never existed, tales of eco-terrorism, being committed in an insane asylum, dramatic live performances and receiving glowing reviews in just about every metal media source around, Josh and Angela claim that their music is highly influenced by drugs, specially Dextromethorphan (DXM). Both members also claim to be asexual by choice. “When you remove sex from the equation of life, you are left with endless possibilities, a sense of liberated freedom which few could ever comprehend”.

“The name originated back in 1996 when we formed the band. Velvet is one of many names applied to the chemical dextromethorphan, and CACOON are the initials of a catacomb just outside Portland city limits where we usually go to write music. Contrary to the popular misconception, it is not a misspelling of "cocoon". The music of Velvet Cacoon is quite diverse, primarily because we are not strictly a black metal band.

SKV was our drummer in the early days. One night he was out in the Cascade mountain range and apparently didn't have enough blood in his alcohol and he tumbled down to his death. It was nothing to mourn as he hated life, but vowed never to replace him and Velvet Cacoon would always be myself and LVG. We have 2 people who help us out with live shows but they are not part of the band. LVG and myself have a very accurate understanding of the vision we want to create with this music, so the actual song writing process is gratifying and there is no need to distort our clarity by bringing in a third member. This band has too much history to bring in any fresh blood.” - Velvet Cacoon