The Axis of Perdition

With the scream of the air raid siren I know, I know I'm finally coming home...

—The Axis of Perdition, "Heaving Salvation in the Paradise of Rust"

The Axis of Perdition is a band formed in England in 2001. Originally they were known as Axis of Perdition, but they added "The" to their name in 2004 to indicate that the band is a specific entity. While their music is predominantly Black Metal with large doses of Dark Ambient and Industrial, they consider themselves to be primarily an Ambient band that uses metal as a "texture".

The band's music, lyrics, and artwork are inspired heavily by the Silent Hill series of video games; their demo and first album also included references to H.P. Lovecraft and Stephen King. The Axis present themselves as a hellish psychiatric hospital of sorts, with their albums as "treatments" and listeners as "patients".

The ~~band's~~ hospital's current ~~members~~ doctors are:

Brooke Johnson - vocals, electronics
Mike Blenkarn - guitar, keyboards, programming, electronics
Ian Fenwick - bass
Dan Mullins - drums
Chris Walsh - guitar
Richard Brass - guitar
S.B. - electronics
Leslie Simpson - narration

Not to be confused with The Axis of Awesome.

~~Discography~~ Treatments:

Corridors (demo, 2002) - actually a split release with the band's Dark Ambient "mother", Pulsefear; limited to 20 copies
The Ichneumon Method (And Less Welcome Techniques) (full-length, 2003)
Physical Illucinations in the Sewer of Xuchilbara (The Red God) (EP, 2004) - first release as The Axis of Perdition; introduced the band's current concept; limited to 666 copies
Deleted Scenes from the Transition Hospital (full-length, 2005)
Urfe (full-length, 2009) - a double album consisting of the first two parts of the Urfe trilogy, Grief of the Unclean and The Great Unwashed
Tenements (of the Anointed Flesh) (full-length, 2011) - conclusion to the Urfe saga

Tropes from the Dark Red Other:

Abandoned Hospital: Deleted Scenes from the Transition Hospital is set in one, as is part of the Urfe saga.
Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence: The conclusion of Tenements, after a fashion.
Body Horror: The Flesh Spiral, and most of the creatures encountered by Urfe.
Book Ends: "It began, and ends, with Pylon."
Call Back: The lyrics for "Disintegration" reference The Ichneumon Method.
Concept Album: Everything from Physical Illucinations onwards for sure, possibly their earlier releases as well.
Digital Piracy Is Evil: Averted with Corridors.
Distinct Double Album: Urfe.
Eldritch Location: The Axis itself, and by extension the locations inside it such as Locus Eyrie and the Transition Hospital.
Metal Scream
Old Shame: The band sees Corridors as this and refuses to reissue it, though two re-recorded songs from it ended up on The Ichneumon Method and they leaked it to file-sharing sites. The fans for the most part don't seem to dislike it as much as the band does.
Overly Long Name: Just look at the album list.
Self-Deprecation: Much of the band's promotion of their albums seems to consist of calling them awful, but of course the fans just don't listen...
Spell My Name with a "The"
Spoken Word in Music: Mostly on Urfe, but every album has some.