Author & Punisher

Author & Punisher is a one-man industrial doom metal band from San Diego, CA, made up of mechanical engineer and artist Tristan Shone. He started the band in January 2004. Most of the instrumentation and controllers he uses, entitled „Drone Machines“ and „Dub Machines“, are custom designed and fabricated by Shone from raw materials and open source electronic circuitry. Shone has released eight albums as Author & Punisher.