---
title: "Blackwater Holylight"
type: "MusicGroup"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/blackwater-holylight"
genre: "Doom Metal"
country: "United States"
formed: 2016
---

# Blackwater Holylight

**Blackwater Holylight** is a doom metal band, from United States, active 2016 to present.

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Name | Blackwater Holylight |
| Genre | Doom Metal |
| Parent genre | Doom Metal |
| Origin | Portland, United States |
| Formed | 2016 |
| Releases in catalog | 6 |

## Genres

[Doom Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/doom-metal) · [Stoner Rock](https://themetalnet.com/genre/stoner-rock) · [Doomgaze](https://themetalnet.com/genre/doomgaze)

## Line-up

| Musician | Instruments | Years | Status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Eliese Dorsay](https://themetalnet.com/musician/eliese-dorsay) | Drums (drum set) | 2019 to present | Current |
| [Mikayla Mayhew](https://themetalnet.com/musician/mikayla-mayhew) | Guitar | 2018 to present | Current |
| [Sunny Faris](https://themetalnet.com/musician/sunny-faris) | Lead vocals, Electric bass guitar | 2016 to present | Current |
| [Cat Hoch](https://themetalnet.com/musician/cat-hoch) | Drums (drum set) | 2016 to present | Former |
| [Laura Hopkins](https://themetalnet.com/musician/laura-hopkins) |  | 2016 to 2020 | Former |
| [Sarah McKenna](https://themetalnet.com/musician/sarah-mckenna) | Keyboard | 2016 to 2024 | Former |

## Discography

| Year | Release | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2018 | [Blackwater Holylight](https://themetalnet.com/album/8e0c0035-68d1-4c4b-88cf-bf5c638d209d) | Album |
| 2019 | [Veils of Winter](https://themetalnet.com/album/7655c3f9-a4fd-4c86-9cbf-82084c68ff4e) | Album |
| 2021 | [Silence/Motion](https://themetalnet.com/album/c13846c7-c78c-4402-b475-1295adf612ce) | Album |
| 2025 | [If You Only Knew](https://themetalnet.com/album/4d6bff19-bb0b-4c95-828a-79ec8daa8ee1) | EP |
| 2026 | [Bodies](https://themetalnet.com/album/1f9bcf6f-854a-411c-becb-45b2fef4d34e) | EP |
| 2026 | [Not Here Not Gone](https://themetalnet.com/album/ee5f66ad-85cc-420a-9d78-e51c474a4152) | Album |

## Related bands

- [Green Lung](https://themetalnet.com/band/green-lung) (listened together)
- [Alunah](https://themetalnet.com/band/alunah) (listened together)
- [Deafheaven](https://themetalnet.com/band/deafheaven) (listened together)
- [Thou](https://themetalnet.com/band/thou) (listened together)
- [Here Lies Man](https://themetalnet.com/band/here-lies-man) (listened together)
- [Messa](https://themetalnet.com/band/messa) (listened together)
- [Dopelord](https://themetalnet.com/band/dopelord) (listened together)
- [Ordos](https://themetalnet.com/band/ordos) (listened together)
- [Firebreather](https://themetalnet.com/band/firebreather) (listened together)
- [Sons of Otis](https://themetalnet.com/band/sons-of-otis) (same tags)
- [Evel](https://themetalnet.com/band/evel) (same tags)
- [Cosmic Nod](https://themetalnet.com/band/cosmic-nod) (same tags)

## Official and external links

- apple music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/1332149043
- bandcamp: https://blackwaterholylight.bandcamp.com/
- instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blackwaterholylight/
- spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2fqEhs5dZBrDLUqHvWRtBc
- website: https://www.blackwaterholylight.com/
- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/blackwaterholylight
- metal archives: https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Blackwater_Holylight/3540459161
- deezer: https://www.deezer.com/artist/13887293

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Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/band/blackwater-holylight](https://themetalnet.com/band/blackwater-holylight). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt