THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “The apocalyptic folk-rock of Dax Riggs rom the swamps of southern Louisiana. 7 Songs for Spiders is Riggs’ third solo record and his first release in 15 years. It’s inspired by world music, gospel, hillbilly and proto-metal sounds — all delivered with an undercurrent of rebellious joy.
Riggs is a musical exorcist, blending roots-rock, doom and Southern gothic. He’s known for his otherworldly lyrics, folk-metal ballardry and a gift for capturing the beauty in darkness. Between the teenage death metal of his early band Acidbath and the gothic Dixie-fried trash rock of Deadboy & The Elephantmen, Dax has opened for artists as diverse as Queens Of The Stone Age and Leon Russell. Like Leadbelly with a devil on his back, he makes outsider music for dying radios playing in the basement at the end of the world.”