Current 93 is an English experimental music group formed in 1982 and led by David Tibet. The project moved from early esoteric/industrial collages (Nature Unveiled, Dogs Blood Rising) into apocalyptic folk, dark chamber music, and various experimental forms across decades, often collaborating with figures such as Steven Stapleton and Michael Cashmore.

Leader: David Tibet. Formed: early 1980s (publicly cited as 1982). Early seminal releases include Nature Unveiled (1984) and Dogs Blood Rising (1985). Later work moved toward apocalyptic/neo-folk (Thunder Perfect Mind, Of Ruine or Some Blazing Starre) and continued into the 21st century with albums such as Black Ships Ate the Sky and Aleph at Hallucinatory Mountain. Frequent collaborators include Steven Stapleton (Nurse With Wound) and Michael Cashmore.

Current 93 is an English experimental music group led by David Tibet. Reviews on DeBaser trace the project's evolution from dark esoteric/industrial beginnings to apocalyptic folk and chamber/ambient experiments. Key albums frequently cited include Nature Unveiled, Thunder Perfect Mind, Black Ships Ate the Sky and Aleph at Hallucinatory Mountain.

For:Fans of apocalyptic folk, experimental/avant‑garde, dark ambient and long-form concept albums.

 The Creation is tinged with Apocalypse; Evil lies at the Origin, as does Good, after all: the Bible reinterpreted and revised by David Tibet.

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 “Nature Unveiled” (1984) remains, over time, a surreal and esoteric nightmare of mystical and satanic power.

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 David Tibet, the frontman and mastermind of the ingenious Current 93, once again manages to describe this sensation of perverse disorientation with perfect emotion.

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