Velvet Cacoon

Velvet Cacoon (often abbreviated as "VC") is a black metal and dark ambient band from Portland, OR, USA. The band is somewhat shrouded in mystery, due to the fact that its members created and propagated many bizarre rumors

Velvet Cacoon (often abbreviated as "VC") is a black metal and dark ambient band from Portland, OR, USA. The band is somewhat shrouded in mystery, due to the fact that its members created and propagated many bizarre rumors about themselves and their music. Supposedly the band was formed in 1996, although with recent evidence it seems as though Velvet Cacoon actually began in 2002. Due to the amount of confusion (some of which originated directly from the band as a sort of hype-mechanism) and the lack of any significant explanation from the band's members, it has proven very difficult to discern what is truth and what is fiction about Velvet Cacoon.

It is not entirely clear when, how, or by whom Velvet Cacoon began. According to the band, the group was originally a trio that consisted of "SGL" (Josh), "LVG" (Angela), and drummer "SKV". Supposedly SKV died by falling off a cliff somewhere in the Cascade mountains. The group began with an "ecofascist" message (in interviews Josh and Angela have expressed a philosophy somewhat related to deep ecology), but they no longer wish to be viewed as a politically motivated group. Their first available full-length album, titled "Genevieve", was rumored to be recorded with the use of the "dieselharp", a homemade instrument that consisted of a diesel-powered guitar being amplified and recorded underwater in various sized aquariums. Josh later revealed that the dieselharp was a hoax intended to add to the mystique of the band. He also divulged that the band's previous accounts of their infamously violent and intense live performances were also completely fabricated. This outraged many fans who had been attracted to Velvet Cacoon's extreme and bizarre image. Josh has openly stated that all of the fabricated aspects of the band were intended to be a joke on the black metal scene, particularly the internet scene.