Aslan Faction is an Electro-industrial

Electro-industrial

Electro-industrial is a music genre drawing on EBM and post-industrial that developed in the mid-1980s. While EBM has a minimal structure and clean production, electro-industrial has a deep, complex and layered sound. The style was pioneered by Skinny Puppy, Front Line Assembly, and other groups,...

/Aggrotech band conceived and formed in mid 1999 by Anthony Mather and Lee Lauer near Oxford

Oxford

The city of Oxford is the county town of Oxfordshire, England. The city, made prominent by its medieval university, has a population of just under 165,000, with 153,900 living within the district boundary. It lies about 50 miles north-west of London. The rivers Cherwell and Thames run through...

 in the UK.

History

The name "Aslan Faction" was formed from two radically different ideologies. Aslan

Aslan

Aslan, the "Great Lion," is the central character in The Chronicles of Narnia, a series of seven fantasy novels for children written by C. S. Lewis. He is the eponymous lion of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, and his role in Narnia is developed throughout the remaining books...

, a character from author C.S. Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia, is an allegorical representation of Jesus Christ.
A faction is a group usually having strong, radical beliefs. The duo recorded a series of self-released CD-Rs and internet-released tracks leading up to the release of their debut album 'Widow Chamber' in 2001.

This drew the attention of the German Noitekk label, who released their second album 'Blunt Force Trauma' in 2002. Aslan Faction would go on to play a number of relatively high-profile festival slots, as well as their first show in the USA. The project has been less active in recent years, Anthony Mather concentrating on his role in Tactical Sekt

Tactical Sekt

Tactical Sekt is an electro-industrial band formed in 2002. They use distorted vocals, EBM beats, and sampling. -History:Tactical Sekt was conceived by Anthony Mather in 2002 to 2003. Mather had experience with electro-industrial music in his former band, Aslan Faction...

. Lee Lauer, meanwhile, has a project with Karen King called Killing Ophelia as well as a solo project Cygore.

Discography

• Superficial EP
  Extended play
  An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
  
   - CD (2000) (Label: Self produced)
• Widow Chamber Single
  Single (music)
  In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...
  
   - CD (2001) (Label: Self produced)
• Widow Chamber CD (2001) (Label: Self produced)
• Bring on the Dying EP
  Extended play
  An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
  
   - CD (2001) (Label: Self produced)
• Blunt Force Trauma CD (2002) (Label:NoiTekk)
• Sin-Drome of Separation CD (2003) (Label:NoiTekk)
  • Sin-Drome of Separation / Widow Chamber (2xCD, Album) (2003) (Label:NoiTekk)