KING WOMAN - Created in the Image of Suffering (2026 Repress) Experimental Hip-Hop Gorgeous and thoughtful

Gorgeous and thoughtful

From grift culture to political corruption to the devolution of living standards

It energizes the other sounds and voices

the collection of demos was the first self-produced material she’d released in some time

combining gentle vocals and the spoken word with anguished wailing from purgatory itself

KING WOMAN - Created in the Image of Suffering (2026 Repress) Experimental Hip-Hop Gorgeous and thoughtful2LP Limited Oriole Marble Vinyl Created in the Image of Suffering is the debut studio album by American doom metal band King Woman, originally released in 2017 through Relapse Records and reissued in 2026. A profoundly crafted opus of brooding, ethereal doom rock, ethereal doom rock. Led by the hypnotic and breathy vocal dramatics of Kristina Esfandiari, KING WOMAN harness the elastic textures and temporality of drone and metallic shoegaze alongside