Origin: USA  
Genres: Melodic Death Metal, Black Metal
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Page online: February 7, 2015
Last update/review: August 18, 2025

Abigail Williams

Named for one of the main accusers of the Salem Witch Trials of 1692, Abigail Williams has been a band of change, in terms of members (a near-constant lineup in flux surrouding mainman Ken Sorceron), home bases (originally from Phoenix, but they've also resided in Los Angeles, New York, and Washington State) and even musical styles, meandering from early metalcore leanings to symphonic black metal on their early albums to a more post-black USBM approach on albums such as 2012's Becoming and beyond. The band has also broken up several times over the years and as such at any given time their status is somewhat up in the air.

Recent album: A Void Within Existence, released on July 18, 2025.

Current Members

Ken Sorceron (Ken Bergeron)

vocals/guitars

Vance Valenzuela

guitars

John Porada

bass

Former Members/Guests

Bjorn Dannov

guitars (ex-Vehemence)

Brad Riffs

guitars

Mike Wilson

guitars

Ian Jekelis

guitars (Aborted)

Jeff Wilson

guitars (ex-Nachtmystium, Sludgehammer)

Kyle Dickinson

bass

Will Lindsay

bass (ex-Indian, ex-Lord Mantis, ex-Middian, ex-Nachtmystium, guest for Wolves In The Throne Room)

Bryan O'Sullivan (guest)

bass

Ashley Jurgemeyer

keyboards

Alana Potocnik

keyboards

Zach Gibson

drums (ex-Black Dahlia Murder)

Trym Torson (Kai Johnny Mosaker) (guest)

drums (Emperor, ex-Enslaved, ex-Zyklon)

Sam Paulicelli

drums (Decrepit Birth)

Ken Bedene

drums (ex-Aborted)

Charlie Fell

drums (Cobalt, ex-Lord Mantis, ex-Nachtmystium)

Mike Heller (guest)

drums (ex-Fear Factory, Raven, guest for Sigh)

Chris Brown (guest)

cello


Discography


Legend  EP
2006 Candlelight
  1. From a Buried Heart
  2. Like Carrion Birds
  3. The Conqueror Wyrm
  4. Watchtower
  5. Procession of the Aeons [Exclusive Demo]
  • Ken Sorceron
  • Bjorn Dannov
  • Brad Riffs
  • Kyle Dickinson
  • Ashley Jurgemeyer
  • Zach Gibson


In The Shadow Of A Thousand Suns  
2008 Candlelight
  1. I
  2. The World Beyond
  3. Acolytes
  4. A Thousand Suns
  5. Into the Ashes
  6. Smoke and Mirrors
  7. A Semblance of Life
  8. Empyrean: Into the Cold Wastes
  9. Floods
  10. The Departure
  • Ken Sorceron
  • Mike Wilson
  • Ashley Jurgemeyer
  • Trym Torson
  • Sam Paulicelli


Tour 2009 EP  EP
2009 Candlelight
  1. I Am (God)
  2. In Death Comes the Great Silence
  3. Waiting for the Rain
  4. Infernal Divide
  5. Floods (Demo)
  • Ken Sorceron
  • Ian Jekelis
  • Alana Potocnik
  • Zach Gibson


In The Absence Of Light  
2010 Candlelight
  1. Hope the Great Betrayal
  2. Final Destiny of the Gods
  3. The Mysteries That Bind the Flesh
  4. Infernal Divide
  5. In Death Comes the Great Silence
  6. What Hells Await Me
  7. An Echo in Our Legends
  8. Malediction
  • Ken Sorceron
  • Ian Jekelis
  • Ken Bedene


Becoming  
2012 Candlelight
  1. Ascension Sickness
  2. Radiance
  3. Elestial
  4. Infinite Fields of Mind
  5. Three Days of Darkness
  6. Beyond the Veil
  • Ken Sorceron
  • Ian Jekelis
  • Zach Gibson


The Accuser  
2015 Candlelight
  1. Path of Broken Glass
  2. The Cold Lines
  3. Of the Outer Darkness
  4. Will, Wish and Desire
  5. Godhead
  6. Forever Kingdom of Dirt
  7. Lost Communion
  8. Nuummite
  • Ken Sorceron
  • Jeff Wilson
  • Will Lindsay
  • Charlie Fell


Walk Beyond The Dark  
2019
  1. I Will Depart
  2. Sun and Moon
  3. Ever so Bold
  4. Black Waves
  5. Into the Sleep
  6. Born of Nothing
  7. The Final Failure
  • Ken Sorceron
  • Bryan O'Sullivan
  • Mike Heller
  • Chris Brown


A Void Within Existence  
2025 Agonia
  1. Life, Disconnected
  2. Void Within
  3. Nonexistence
  4. Still Nights
  5. Talk to Your Sleep
  6. Embrace the Chasm
  7. No Less than Death
  • Ken Sorceron
  • Vance Valenzuela
  • John Porada
  • Mike Heller



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