Paganism has long been a part of Megan Jenkin’s life. Raised under the influence of her druidic mother, Megan is now a practicing witch and she honours her nature-based spirituality through metal as the frontwoman of folk horror metalcore band Forlorn.
“I started going to rituals and ceremonies when I was about 13/14”, she explains. “My mother made me robes to wear, I had my own staff.” Taking cues from her spiritual roots, Forlorn’s debut album Aether doubles as an eight-track “conceptual ceremony.” Commonly, when engaging in spell-work or ritual, magical practitioners may call on the elements, invoking the energetic properties of earth, air, fire, water and sometimes spirit, also known as ‘aether’.
