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Real/full name:
Jef Stuart Whitehead
Age:
54 (born Jul 26th, 1969)
Place of birth:
United States (Stanton, California)
Gender:
Male

Biography

Jef Whitehead is a professional tattoo artist and musician, and is most widely known under his black metal studio name Leviathan which has been active since 1998. He has stated in interviews that drums are his primary instrument.

In 2008, Leviathan temporarily dissolved after legal troubles with its record label.

In 2011, Whitehead was arrested and charged with attacking and raping his ...

Trivia

Former partner of Stevie Floyd. They have a daughter together named Grail.

Performed samples for noisecore band Today Is the Day on the album Sadness Will Prevail.

Jef was featured on the cover of the NES game Skate or Die 2: The Search for Double Trouble.

Devout

Unknown

Leviathan

Everything (1998-2008, 2011-present)

2000 Eight (Demo) All instruments, Vocals
2000 Shadow of No Light (Demo) All instruments, Vocals
2000 Three (Demo) Vocals, All instruments
2000 Time End (Demo) All instruments, Vocals
2000 Leviathan (Demo) Everything (as "W")
2000 Black of Cult (Demo) All instruments, Vocals
2000 MisanthropicNecroBlasphemy (Demo) All instruments, Vocals
2001 Ten (Demo) All instruments, Vocals
2001 Nine (Inclement Derision) (Demo) All instruments, Vocals
2001 Seven (Demo) All instruments, Vocals
2001 Sacrifice Love at the Altar of War (Compilation) All instruments, Vocals
2001 Intolerance (Compilation) All instruments, Vocals
2002 Howl Mockery at the Cross (Demo) All instruments, Vocals
2002 The Tenth Sub Level of Suicide (Demo) All instruments, Vocals
2002 White Devil, Black Metal (Demo) All instruments, Vocals
2002 XV (Demo) All instruments, Vocals
2002 Verräter (Compilation) Everything
2003 Live in Eternal Sin / The Speed of Darkness (Split) All instruments, Vocals
2003 The Tenth Sub Level of Suicide All instruments, Vocals
2004 Xasthur / Leviathan (Split) All instruments, Vocals
2004 Crebain / Leviathan (Split) All instruments, Vocals (as "W.")
2004 Tentacles of Whorror All instruments, Vocals
2004 Black Metal Against the World (Split) All instruments, Vocals
2005 Demos Two Thousand (Compilation) Everything
2005 A Silhouette in Splinters Vocals, All instruments
2005 Totentanz II / Portrait in Scars (Split) Vocals, All instruments
2005 Howl Mockery at the Cross (Compilation) Everything
2006 Sapthuran / Leviathan (Split) Vocals, All instruments (as "W.")
2006 The Speed of Darkness (EP) Vocals, All instruments
2006 The Blind Wound (EP) All instruments, Vocals (as "W.")
2008 Massive Conspiracy Against All Life Vocals, All instruments
2009 Sic Luceat Lux (Split) Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Drums
2011 True Traitor, True Whore All instruments, Vocals
2014 Leviathan / Krieg (Split) Everything
2015 My War (Single) Everything
2015 Scar Sighted Everything
2016 The Tenth Sub Level of Suicide Everything
2017 The First Sublevel of Suicide (Compilation) Everything
2018 Crawl / Leviathan (Split) Everything
2018 Crawl / Leviathan (Split) Everything
2018 In the Valley of Death, Where Black Metal Is King (Split) Everything
2018 Unfailing Fall into Naught (Compilation) Everything
2018 Unfailing Fall into Naught (Compilation) Everything
2018 Withered upon Her Kingdom of Was (Single) Everything
(show all)

Martröð

Guitars (additional)

2016 Transmutation of Wounds (EP) Guitars (additional)

Missing

Unknown (2015-present)

GASM

Unknown

GiftHorse

Drums

Hate Meditation

Bass (2012-2013)

Home Brew

Unknown

Krieg

Bass (2005-?), Drums (2011-?)

2010 The Isolationist Bass, Percussion, Keyboards

Lurker of Chalice

Everything

2001 L.O.C. (Demo) Everything
2002 Lurker of Chalice (Demo) Everything
2005 Lurker of Chalice Everything
2020 Tellurian Slaked Furnace (Compilation) Everything

Twilight

Drums, Guitars, Bass, Keyboards, Effects (2005-2014)

2005 Twilight Drums, Guitars, Bass, Keyboards, E-bow
2010 Monument to Time End Drums, Guitars, Bass (as "W.")
2014 III: Beneath Trident's Tomb Drums, Guitars, Bass
2018 Trident Death Rattle (EP) Drums, Bass

Von Goat

Drums (2010)

Wrekmeister Harmonies

Vocals, Drums

Black Queen

2015 The Directress Vocals
2019 The Destructive Cycle Vocals (track 6)

Hate Meditation

2013 Scars Bass (tracks 2-6)

Loss

2017 Horizonless Vocals (track 9)

Nachtmystium

2009 Doomsday Derelicts (EP) Lyrics (track 4)
2010 Addicts: Black Meddle Pt. II Drums, Percussion

Sunn O)))

2005 Black One Vocals (track 2)

Xasthur

2004 Xasthur / Leviathan (Split) Drums (track 4)

Ævangelist

2020 Nightmarecatcher Artwork (as "Jef Whitehead")

Aleynmord

2020 The Blinding Light Artwork (as "Jef Whitehead")

Ashen Pyre

2016 Tract I: Malus Ferox (Demo) Logo

Black Queen

2019 The Destructive Cycle Cover art
2020 The Destructive Cycle Artwork (as "Jef Whitehead")

Chaos Moon

2017 Eschaton Mémoire Cover art

Convulsing

2018 Grievous Artwork (as "Jef Whitehead")

Esoctrilihum

2018 Inhüma Cover art

Heresi

2005 Psalm I (EP) Artwork (back cover)
2006 Psalm II - Infusco Ignis Cover art

Kommodus

2020 Kommodus Cover art

Krieg

2017 Bleak Passage (EP) Artwork

Leviathan

2000 MisanthropicNecroBlasphemy (Demo) Artwork
2000 Shadow of No Light (Demo) Artwork
2000 Time End (Demo) Artwork
2001 Nine (Inclement Derision) (Demo) Artwork
2001 Intolerance (Compilation) Artwork
2001 Sacrifice Love at the Altar of War (Compilation) Artwork
2002 Howl Mockery at the Cross (Demo) Artwork
2002 XV (Demo) Artwork
2002 The Tenth Sub Level of Suicide (Demo) Artwork
2003 The Tenth Sub Level of Suicide Artwork
2004 Tentacles of Whorror Artwork
2005 A Silhouette in Splinters Artwork
2005 Totentanz II / Portrait in Scars (Split) Recording
2006 Sapthuran / Leviathan (Split) Cover art (as "W.")
2006 The Blind Wound (EP) Artwork (as "W.")
2008 Massive Conspiracy Against All Life Artwork
2015 Scar Sighted Artwork
2019 Unfailing Fall into Naught (Compilation) Recording (Tracks 1.1-1.5, 2.1-2.4), Artwork, Mixing (Tracks 2.3-2.5)
(show all)

Lord Mantis

2014 Death Mask Artwork (as "Jef Whitehead")

Mar Mortuum

2017 Graveir / Mar Mortuum (Split) Artwork (as "Jef Whitehead")

Nachtmystium

2009 Doomsday Derelicts (EP) Lyrics (track 4)

Order of Leviathan

2016 Death Worship Artwork (as "Jef Whitehead")

Our Place of Worship Is Silence

2016 The Embodiment of Hate Artwork (additional) (as "Jef Whitehead")
2018 With Inexorable Suffering Cover art
2018 With Inexorable Suffering Cover art

Persekutor

2020 Permanent Winter Artwork (as "Jef Whitehead")

Plaguewielder

2021 Covenant Death Artwork (as "Jef Whitehead")

Skrelle

2022 Skrelle (EP) Artwork (as "Jef Whitehead")

Tithe

2020 Penance Cover art (as "Jef Whitehead")

Twilight

2005 Twilight Producer
2010 Monument to Time End Producer
2018 Monument to Time End Cover art (as "Jef Whitehead")
Added by: Alhadis Modified by: silentflight
Added on: 2011-04-09 11:52:54 Last modified on: 2023-11-27 19:31:35
 
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