Author & Punisher

Author & Punisher
Author & Punisher live at Roadburn Festival 2017
Background information
Birth name	Tristan Shone
Born	(1977-10-18) October 18, 1977 (age 47)
Origin	San Diego, California, U.S.
Genres	Industrial metal, drone metal, doom metal, art metal[1]
Years active	2004–present
Website	tristanshone.com

Author & Punisher is a one-man band from San Diego, formed in January 2004 by mechanical engineer and artist Tristan Shone. Most of the instrumentation and controllers Shone uses, called "Drone Machines" and "Dub Machines", are custom-designed and fabricated by Shone from raw materials and open-source electronic circuitry.^[2][3] Shone was inspired to build his own instruments to achieve the sound he wanted that conventional instruments could not accomplish and the difficulty in finding band members.^[4]

Shone has released nine albums as Author & Punisher, with Melk en Honing (2015)^[5] and Pressure Mine (2017) released through Phil Anselmo's record label Housecore Records.^[6] His latest, Krüller, was released by Relapse Records on February 11, 2022.

Discography

Studio albums

Year	Title	Label
2005	The Painted Army	A&P Recordings
2010	Drone Machines	Heart & Crossbone
2012	Ursus Americanus	Seventh Rule Recordings
2013	Women & Children	Seventh Rule Recordings
2015	Melk en Honing	Housecore Records
2018	Beastland	Relapse Records
2022	Krüller	Relapse Records

EPs

Year	Title	Label
2007	Warcry	A&P Recordings
2017	Pressure Mine	Housecore Records

Live albums

Year	Title	Label
2020	Live B.C. 2020	Self-released

References

1. "The Top 10 Arty Metal Bands". LA Weekly. April 11, 2017.
2. "Wired Magazine Feature". Wired. February 2014. Retrieved February 17, 2015.
3. Tristan Shone (2010). "HEADGEAR MIDI CONTROL - Make your own octo-microphone USB/MIDI controller". Make. Retrieved February 17, 2015.
4. Noisey (April 11, 2018). "The One-Man Industrial Doom Metal Band". YouTube. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
5. "Author & Punisher is 'The Art of Noise'; Realized on 'Melk En Honing'". June 22, 2015.
6. "Housecore Records news". Housecore Records. Retrieved February 17, 2015.