[1] Pillorian was formed early in the summer of 2016 with the stated goal of "[creating] a unique, sinister, and twisted style of dark/black metal".
NPR described the titular song as "feral" and "bestial", but with "enormous" production values.
[4] One month later, on March 10, 2017 Pillorian released their first full studio album, Obsidian Arc.
"[6] Decibel magazine gave the album an 8/10 review, calling it "categorically black metal" and "darker, edgier and far more dissonant" than Haughm's previous work as the frontman of Agalloch.
[8] In February 2019, Matthews and Parker both left the band after Haughm made comments on Facebook that were criticized for being anti-Semitic.