Black Sun Mirror | Doomgaze & Industrial Shoegaze Metal from the Shadows

🎼 Behind the Music

Black Sun Mirror isn’t just a band — it’s a living echo of grief, noise, and resolve. Formed in the shadows of the American Southwest, the group draws sonic influence from doom, industrial, shoegaze, and blackened post-metal. Their songs often begin in near silence, breathing in slow despair, before blooming into massive waves of distortion and melodic fire.

Each track is crafted as a ritual of emotion, built on the layered intensity of Cassey Rourke’s reverb-soaked guitar and vocals, Micah Alton’s seismic drums and noise textures, and the subterranean pulse of Kellen Price’s bass and synths. Joined by Lyra Voss and Elias Drake, whose ambient textures and haunting harmonies elevate the group into something more ethereal, the music walks a line between the mortal and the mystical.

Lyrically, they explore the collapse of meaning, the fading of light, and the beauty found in ruin — echoing themes that define their debut:
Sun No Longer Rises.

Joining Riffuge Studio Productions

The turning point came when Black Sun Mirror found their home with Riffuge Studio Productions. Known for amplifying the underground and sharpening raw talent, Riffuge provided the band with a space not only to record, but to breathe creatively. With the support of producer Sam Nolan Carter and sonic architect Lily Mason, the band’s sound expanded into new territory — darker, deeper, and more immersive.

The partnership brought access to advanced analog/digital hybrid equipment, custom sound design rigs, and experimental post-production tools, which were key in shaping the album’s layered, cinematic vibe.

“Riffuge didn’t just produce us — they empowered us. They believed in the noise before the world heard it.”
— Cassey Rourke

Underground to Mainstream

What started as late-night sessions in basements and DIY spaces has begun breaking through the veil. With their unique blend of doomgaze and blackened industrial, Black Sun Mirror is turning heads across both underground circles and genre-curious mainstream media.

They’ve been featured on niche metal playlists, shoegaze forums, and underground radio shows — now creeping onto larger festival radars and curated editorial playlists.

But the band hasn’t softened their edges. Instead, they’re proving that heaviness, atmosphere, and emotion still have a place at the center of the cultural conversation — no compromises, no apologies.

From dim-lit clubs to global streams — the mirror reflects back.