Biography
Emit is a black noise/black ambient project from Somerset, United Kingdom, formed in 1998 by Unknown Ikon (guitar, vocals, field recordings, etc).
The project was created from the remnants of the black metal band Ante Cryst (formed 1997, changed name to anXpm in 2006—this band also now being defunct). While elements of black metal were still present on Emit's first releases, the recordings became increasingly harsh and unhinged (see 'The Dark Bleeding Gods' compilation from 2009 for perhaps the most obvious example of this) with various occult practices and references to supernatural themes guiding the approach to albums such as 'The Mysterious Unknown' and 'Unknown Presences Whisper'.
2008 ushered in a new phase for Unknown Ikon's (now Michael Morthwork) music and a name change to Hammemit. This development led to recordings featuring a more numinous, ritualistic sound permeated with neo-medieval sensibilities and which are largely devoid of percussion.
In 2012, however, Emit returned with a new release titled Spectre Music of an Antiquary which eschewed the discordant noise-based approach of previous records in favour of warped, electronic-tinged ambience.
There is another band named Emit, an indie rock band from the UK.
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