Emma Ruth Rundle (US)

Emma Ruth Rundle has a powerful gift. This Portland-based artist has always used her voice to set herself apart and has now emerged as one of the most versatile and creative artist in today’s alternative music scene. Formerly part of indie-rock outfit The Nocturnes, Emma Ruth Rundle has overtime expanded into a full-fledged artist, incorporating captivating visual elements into her already entrancing music. Her undisputed talent has manifested itself time and time again through genre-bending compositions spanning and bridging styles as disparate as doom metal, dark-wave, and American folk music and even drone and noise! The centrepiece is and has always been her unique voice, so distinct and refined, and able to carry any track forward or embellish any stripped-back folk arrangement. Her latest record “Engine of Hell” is testimony to her undisputed talent; an emotional whirlwind featuring only piano and acoustic guitar arrangements supported solely by Emma Ruth Rundle’s enchanting singing in a series of songs that dive deep into melancholia, grief, sorrow, and loneliness. This came only a year after her collaboration with doom icons Thou which spawned two back-to-back nominations for “metal album of the year” and earned Emma Ruth Rundle even wider acclaim and recognition. So may VIERNULVIER’s chambers be full for what already is a legendary performance!