For about a decade, the guitarist and vocalist Shelby Lermo has led the death/black metal trio Ulthar. When Nails returned with their ferocious comeback album Every Bridge Burning last year, frontman ...

YHWH Nailgun is not a rapper. Those abbreviated letters don’t pledge allegiance to any hip-hop collective. “YHWH” is pronounced “Yahweh,” as in God in the Hebrew Bible, and YHWH Nailgun are four guys.

When Russ Lawton (drums), Ray Paczkowski (keys), and Scott Metzger (guitar)—collectively known as LaMP—piled into Ben ...