When you consider the impact that Bigelf had in 2008 with Cheat the Gallows, it's inevitable that people expected the highly-rated band from Los Angeles to strike again quickly and fiercely. But instead we got an astonishing silence due to an impromptu hiatus and the tragic death of guitarist A.H.M. Butler-Jones.

However, all that is about to change with the arrival of Into the Maelstrom, a new album of melodic prog-doom that eccentric frontman Damon Fox believes will take Bigelf to new heights.