Dax Riggs
Dax Riggs (born 15 October 1973 in Evansville, Indiana, United States) is a… Read Full Bio ↴Dax Riggs (born 15 October 1973 in Evansville, Indiana, United States) is an independently-signed singer/songwriter. His diverse musical style encompasses heavy metal, psychedelic rock, blues rock, and post-punk. His distinct lyrical style is characterized by a consumption by darkness, Satanic visions, druggy hallucinations, melancholy, morbid imagery, and a fascination with death in specific, all in an impassioned, raspy baritone that can be largely characterized as nocturnally beautiful in feeling. Dax has lead numerous bands and projects, most famously the legendary Houma, Louisiana sludge band Acid Bath in the 1990s, plus Agents of Oblivion and deadboy & The Elephantmen. He has released two albums under his own name, 2007's We Sing Of Only Blood Or Love and 2010's Say Goodnight to the World, and is currently working on his third album. Since stylistically leaving extreme metal after the dissolution of Acid Bath, Riggs has culled musical influence from classic Black Sabbath-style heavy metal, early-style indie rock, blues rock, folk rock, and post-punk, with audible and cited influence from Nick Cave and Leonard Cohen. He first sang in Acid Bath at age 16. Riggs, along with Acid Bath bandmate Mike Sanchez, formed the bluesy post-metal outfit Agents of Oblivion after the demise of Acid Bath. In his heavy metal days with Acid Bath, Riggs was one of the pioneers of the "dual vocal" metal style, mixing angelic harmonies seamlessly with demonic growls.

His last project, Deadboy & the Elephantmen, recorded and released a few independent demo CDs before being signed to Southern metal label Rotten Records and releasing its debut If This Is Hell Then I'm Lucky. Next the band signed with acclaimed independent blues/rock label Fat Possum in 2005 and releasing the 2006 album We Are Night Sky. The band originally consisted of Riggs and a backing band, an incarnation that was very reminiscent of Agents of Oblivion. But towards its end, Deadboy became a stripped-down, bluesy post-punk duo of Riggs and drummer Tessie Brunet. Brunet bitterly quit in 2006 for undisclosed reasons, coinciding with Dax abandoning the Deadboy project and originally started doing gigs under the name "T-Daks and his White Plastic Soul" before finally settling on his own name.

Dax frequently plays acoustic solo gigs, and since Deadboy started has often used session musicians both live and in the studio.
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Dax Riggs Lyrics


A Spinning Song If I keep spinnin' How will it stop? When heaven drops and…
Barefoot in the Dark Rattlesnake shadow crawlin' 'cross my heart forever I am th…
Death Don't Have No Mercy Death ain't got no mercy in this land Leave you time…
Deathbryte All this fades and reappears And we will always be everywhe…
Demon Tied to a Chair in My Brain Demon tied to a chair in my brain Blackbird a tappin'…
Dethbryte All this fades and reappears And we will always be everywher…
Didn't Know Yet What I'd Know When I Was Bleedin' Knelt a puppet on a string Along the vortex weepin' Lord hav…
Didn't Know Yet What I'd Know When I Was Bleedin' (Live) Knelt a puppet on a string Along the vortex weeping Lord hav…
Dog-Headed Whore We knew the devil's hands We wish the king was dead How…
Evil Friend Evil friend, Evil friend It never ends at the death of…
Forgot I was Alive They took they drugs and left You stranded down in Mexico …
Ghost Movement Gonna lay with a ghost by my side Let the birds…
Gravedirt on My Blue Suede Shoes Mother of night forgive me my heart Father of light don't…



Heart of Green I have seen that shadow in the meadow and I have…
Heartbreak Hotel Well, since my baby left me I found a new place…
How Long the Night Was I hear the buzz don't last that long Hear the buzz…
I Hear Satan On a black swan Notice the moon is gone Dancin' in the…
in death im only hiding {songwriters: Dax Riggs & Christopher T. Gautreaux} In deat…
Let Me Be Your Cigarette I see stars awaken to the moonlight Into the hasn't happene…
Like Moonlight We kill the eyes In the face of the sky It's there…
Like the Dead Would Laugh We laugh like the dead would laugh we laugh like the…
Living is Suicide Along the highway And the graveyard lines Have mercy on th…
Night is the Notion Night is the notion Everything sleeps beneath We are the e…
No One Will Be a Stranger When the light is done and the shadow leaves I watch…
Otherworldly Dreamer Otherworldly Dreamer Dancing with a black dog on papa satan…
Ouroboros The wilderness and all its thorns Tangled up around my horn…
Radiation Blues Bury this song and the rhythm of breath. There is…
Radiation Blues (Live) Bury this and the rhythm of breath, there is only…
Say Goodnight to the World All these stars you''ve been reaching after. We been after,…
Scarlett of Heaven nor Hell Got this shadow in my shoes Got this blackness in my…
See You All in Hell or New Orleans I"ll see you all in hell or new orleans I wanna…
Stop I'm Already Dead A spirit climbs my spine to the brain Following the railroad…
Strange Television You know the strange television you watch The one that you…
The Terrors of Nightlife I laid all I own at the devil's feet And I…
Theme Yesterday is a corpse that you know don't ya? tomorrow know…
Truth in the Dark Nothing below or above We sing of only blood or love Nothi…
Waking Up Insane Scaring the Ghosts away wake me when i'm sane On Mardi…
Wall of Death Let me ride on the wall of death one more…
You Were Born to Be My Gallows Lay off the lid of casket They were cold Let this river…


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