current_members website associated_acts years_active label article_title background genre origin
wrest -lrb- jef whitehead -rrb- -lsb- http://moribundcult.com/ official label site -rsb- lurker of chalice twilight 1998-present moribund cult profound lore records leviathan -lrb- musical project -rrb-
 group_or_band ambient black metal , dark ambient san francisco , california , united states of america
leviathan -lrb- musical project -rrb-

leviathan is an american black metal solo project that started in 1998 by wrest -lrb- jef whitehead -rrb- .
in leviathan , wrest records and plays all instruments including vocals entirely on his own .
additionally , wrest has collaborated with the band sunn o -rrb- -rrb- -rrb- , and is an active member of the u.s. black metal supergroup twilight .
he has stated in interviews that he has been playing drums longer than any other instrument and that the drums are his instrument of choice .
wrest also plays and records everything in his other project lurker of chalice .
regarding his writing , wrest says that most of his lyrics are about suicide and that `` are important and also very hard for me ... at times , the way things come out in words sounds like nonsense .
i do n't consider myself a poet by any means . ''
despite having early problems with the release of `` massive conspiracy against all life '' , it was released march 24 , 2008 in europe and march 25 , 2008 in north america .
in late 2008 , wrest was arrested for drug possession in thailand ; the charges were later dropped .
wrest 's latest album , `` true traitor , true whore '' was released in november , 2011 on profound lore records .
jef whitehead , aka wrest , was again arrested on january 9 , 2011 on charges of sexual assault and domestic violence .
wrest has confirmed in an interview that the events surrounding his arrest and the accuser have inspired the music and theme of `` true traitor , true whore '' .
faced with six charges stemming from the incident , wrest maintained his innocence and took the case to trial .
in may 2012 , wrest was found not guilty of all charges except for one count of aggravated domestic battery .
