Holy Fawn

Holy Fawn

Holy Fawn is a doomgaze, post-rock and shoegaze group from Arizona. Formed in Tempe in 2015, the band works in a sound that combines dense atmosphere, textural dreamlike layers and heavy guitar weight. The group describes its music as “loud heavy pretty noises”.

Line-up

The band features Ryan Osterman on guitar and vocals, Evan Phelps on guitar, Alexander Rieth on bass and vocals, and Austin Reinholz on drums. Ryan Osterman is the named member in the verified details, which also place the group’s origin in Arizona.

Releases

Holy Fawn’s early EP Realms appears in 2015 and sets out the band’s ambient-heavy direction. Their first full-length album, Death Spells, follows in 2018 and broadens that approach with post-metal intensity and layered sound design. The band continues with the EP The Black Moon in 2020 and the album Dimensional Bleed in 2022, both noted for combining shoegaze with black metal textures and ambient electronics.

Themes

The band’s lyrics and subject matter often focus on nature, mortality, transcendence, and the spaces between light and darkness. Their stated outlook treats birth and death with similar awe.

Later activity

Holy Fawn also issues the single “Beneath A Lightless Star”, which appears in 2025.