---
title: "Unearthly Trance"
type: "MusicGroup"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/unearthly-trance"
genre: "Doom Metal"
country: "United States"
formed: 2000
---

# Unearthly Trance

**Unearthly Trance** is a doom metal band, from United States, active 2000 to present.

Unearthly Trance is an American sludge metal/doom metal trio from Long Island composed of guitarist-vocalist Ryan Lipynsky, bassist Jay Newman, and drummer Darren Verni. They were formed in 2000 and have released material on leading labels of the genre like Southern Lord, Rise Above Records and Relapse Records to which they are still signed today. They are also considered by critics one of the leading acts in the doom metal scene and shared tours with notable bands such as Sunn O))), Pelican, Electric Wizard, The Melvins and Morbid Angel. Their fifth album, V, was released by Relapse Records on September 27, 2011, and was produced by Sanford Parker, leader of fellow Relapse label mates and post-metal experimentalists Minsk. Ryan Lipynsky also fronts the black metal act the Howling Wind and experimental hardcore unit Pollution. All three members played in Serpentine Path with Tim Bagshaw, formerly of Electric Wizard and Ramesses.

Biography source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unearthly_Trance

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Name | Unearthly Trance |
| Genre | Doom Metal |
| Parent genre | Doom Metal |
| Origin | Long Island, United States |
| Formed | 2000 |
| Releases in catalog | 11 |

## Genres

[Doom Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/doom-metal) · [Sludge Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/sludge-metal)

## Line-up

| Musician | Instruments | Years | Status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Ryan Lipynsky](https://themetalnet.com/musician/ryan-lipynsky) |  |  | Current |

## Discography

| Year | Release | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2003 | [Season of Seance, Science of Silence](https://themetalnet.com/album/8a580e4c-a420-3450-9a53-aef4e7a7db4a) | Album |
| 2004 | [In the Red](https://themetalnet.com/album/df4024a4-ab81-3a39-bacf-99c2ebaafeef) | Album |
| 2006 | [The Trident](https://themetalnet.com/album/b8380913-f838-3f06-9052-faf934355760) | Album |
| 2008 | [Electrocution](https://themetalnet.com/album/0c64bb56-31dd-39a6-aecc-e1d801058256) | Album |
| 2008 | [Psychological Operations](https://themetalnet.com/album/6cb516d0-5845-4fed-b3d0-37d66fa55535) | EP |
| 2010 | [MK Ultra](https://themetalnet.com/album/f08d07d0-d1a5-40cb-9bbc-04df0596ed31) | EP |
| 2010 | [Unearthly Trance / The Endless Blockade](https://themetalnet.com/album/bef3a79e-bd93-44d7-8a01-cb40e0cffcad) | EP |
| 2010 | [V](https://themetalnet.com/album/91416d68-bc12-45c8-b2a1-9e6e46927798) | Album |
| 2017 | [Stalking the Ghost](https://themetalnet.com/album/44f92559-3772-4fe2-a504-ca36f3b6374d) | Album |
| 2018 | [Split](https://themetalnet.com/album/1aa006ca-53ce-4a93-bc09-2a1125a969cd) | Album |
| 2019 | [Unearthly Trance / Intensive Care](https://themetalnet.com/album/5d52cddc-7a38-4f38-80bf-0843fb2b6a61) | EP |

## Related bands

- [Neurosis](https://themetalnet.com/band/neurosis-a9416fb3) (listened together)
- [Electric Wizard](https://themetalnet.com/band/electric-wizard) (listened together)
- [Eyehategod](https://themetalnet.com/band/eyehategod) (listened together)
- [Kylesa](https://themetalnet.com/band/kylesa) (listened together)
- [Weedeater](https://themetalnet.com/band/weedeater) (listened together)
- [Minsk](https://themetalnet.com/band/minsk) (listened together)
- [Primitive Man](https://themetalnet.com/band/primitive-man) (listened together)
- [Cough](https://themetalnet.com/band/cough) (listened together)
- [Isis](https://themetalnet.com/band/isis) (listened together)
- [Bongzilla](https://themetalnet.com/band/bongzilla) (listened together)
- [High on Fire](https://themetalnet.com/band/high-on-fire) (listened together)
- [Goatsnake](https://themetalnet.com/band/goatsnake) (listened together)

## Official and external links

- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UnearthlyTrance
- x: https://twitter.com/UnearthlyTrance
- bandcamp: https://unearthlytrance.bandcamp.com/
- deezer: https://www.deezer.com/artist/208113
- metal archives: https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Unearthly_Trance/8520

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