Hubardo

Hubardo
Studio album by Kayo Dot
Released	August 31, 2013
Recorded	April 2013 at Avast Studios, Seattle
Genre	Avant-garde metal, black metal, jazz fusion, experimental rock
Length	98:50
Label	Ice Level Music
Producer	Toby Driver, Randall Dunn
Kayo Dot chronology
Gamma Knife (2012) Hubardo (2013) Coffins on Io (2014)

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Bearded Gentlemen	[1]
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Hubardo is the sixth studio album by American avant-garde metal band Kayo Dot. It is a concept double album self-released and funded through pre-orders on frontman Toby Driver's Ice Level Records in 2013. It is the follow-up to Gamma Knife, which was released in 2012. It is Kayo Dot's longest album and its first double album, and contains aspects of black metal, post-rock, jazz fusion, and chamber music.^[3] It was picked as the 4th best album of 2013 on indie music website SputnikMusic.^[4]

Hubardo was co-produced by Driver and longtime producer Randall Dunn. Occasional collaborator and former maudlin of the Well vocalist Jason Byron recorded his first vocal performance since 2001's maudlin of the Well album Leaving Your Body Map on the song "The Black Stone".^[5] He also wrote the lyrics for the album and a 40-page book, entitled "The Sword of Satan", packed with the vinyl copy of the album detailing the story behind Hubardo.

After leaving Hydra Head Records and releasing Gamma Knife independently, Driver crowdfunded the album entirely through pre-orders on independent music website Bandcamp. Shortly after the release of the album, Driver announced that he was in the process of producing a triple LP "super limited black vinyl" that was limited to 200 pressings which contained a 40-page book detailing the concept behind the album entitled "The Sword of Satan" written by Jason Byron.^[6]