09.04.2026
WATCH THIEF ON G'DAY L.A.
Dylan joins acclaimed host Chip Becky on morning show G'Day L.A. to talk about the new album Sermons from the Pit and rabies.
09.03.2026
NEW ALBUM SERMONS FROM THE PIT ANNOUNCED
Our new album Sermons from the Pit will be coming out 11/27 on Prophecy Productions.
Stream the new single "Moon and Kill" HERE
Pre-orders for gatefold vinyl, 2-CD artbook, and new shirts via Bandcamp HERE
Watch the new music video for "Moon and Kill" here:
2026
10/28 - Seattla, CA @ Neumos w/ Mothica Halloween Extraveganza
09/04 - Albuquerque, NM @ New Mexico Goth Fest
09/03 - Pheonix, AZ @ Valley Bar
08/16 - Sacramento, CA @ Harlow's (w/ Mothica)
08/02 - Seattle, WA @ Mountain Room
07/30 - Eugene, OR @ Sparrow and Serpent
07/31 - Portland, OR @ Lunasa Fest
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THIEF
Redefining dark electronic music, THIEF fuses elements of haunting trip-hop and thunderous
industrial rhythms to create an atmosphere that is as hypnotic as it is intense. Formed in 2016, Thief is
the brainchild of Dylan Neal, a dulcimer player for the critically acclaimed experimental black metal band
Botanist. During his time with Botanist, Neal began to experiment with a new sound. Deeply inspired by
sacred vocal harmonics, Gregorian chants and the limitlessness of electronic music, he began to connect the
dots between the new and ancient, the past and sonic expressions of the future by crate digging for strange
medieval hymns and melding them with electronic and dark electronic elements.
THIEF's unique approach of amalgamating musical elements from ambient, industrial, choral music, black metal
and trip-hop into a new sonic experience has long granted THIEF a cult status among the initiated. A
reviewer once stated that Thief is the sacred space between Nine Inch Nails and Portishead and that may be
the best that language can offer in expressing the ineffable genre that is THIEF.
To date, THIEF has released 4 albums (with the latest Bleed, Memory in consideration for a Grammy
nomination) and is currently signed to the legendary label Prophecy Productions. All of Thief is written,
recorded, mixed and produced by Dylan where he resides in Los Angeles at a Buddhist temple. With over
1,000,000 streams on Spotify, their expansive touring and their latest SOLD OUT album release show in Los
Angeles, Thief is burning their name in the extreme, the electronic and the experimental genres the world
over.
For THIEF's live incarnation, Dylan has converted fellow ex-Botanist dulcimerist Robert Chaing for drums and
Chris Hackman for bass with Dylan himself overseeing vocals, keys and sample manipulation. Since THIEF's
live inception, they have shared the stage with acts such as Perturbator, Agalloch, The Body, IGORRR,
Xasthur, Lingua Ignota as well as being the first band to play three unique sets a the 2024 Prophecy Fest in
Germany.
PRESS
"Thief has grown from answering the question 'What if someone used traditional church music to make music
goth kids could dance to?' to a great addition to the industrial rock and metal landscape. Bleed, Memory
shows just how far Neal has come as a songwriter, but also how dedicated he is to his chosen aesthetic. What
he has is truly special, and should be heard by far more people."
- Metal Sucks: 9.0/10 (Bleed Memory)
"With 'Bleed, Memory' Dylan Neal gets to the heart of what makes his work under the name THIEF so
extraordinary more effectively than ever... the exceptional musician's fourth album is undoubtedly his
preliminary magnum opus."
- Metal One: 9.0/10 (Bleed Memory)
"...featuring vibrant and vivid production values—loops that leap from your speakers and crawl like the
skin of the doomed characters Neal depicts as clearly as a horror auteur. At least I hope they’re
characters."
- Bandcamp (Album of the Day)
"With synthesized textures and percussion, pseudo-pop sensibilities, and, most importantly, infectious
melodies, this project challenges the metal scene from whence they came... [and] is as exciting as it is
memorable."
- Invisible Oranges
"I'm calling it now: underappreciated album of the year."
- Decibel: 8.0/10 (16 Deaths of My Master)
"Sampled chants, sinister synths, and shadowy feats of crate-digging galore...:
- Bandcamp (Hotlist)
"It’s 'dark' electronica with moody atmosphere and lots of eyeliner... The music is good – real good..."
- Ave Noctum
"...kinetic and hypnotic that flirts with dream pop, industrial, and more."
- Brooklyn Vegan
"... with his evocative, unorthodox sound that summoned up delirious journeys through Carcosa and the
Asphodel Meadows, experiences unnerving enough to bring even the most level-headed listener down to their
knees."
- Garaje de Frank
"It's a dusky, muted, vaguely cyberpunk affair, and introduces a fragile humanity that's often obscured by
the album's search for unorthodoxy."
- Vice/Noisey
"Gorgeous chants are laid over electronic beats before Neal allows his own voice to stalk from the shadows
with a delicate tone that is reminiscent of Portishead, WIFE and even post-punk at times. It’s an unusual
approach to music, meshing the old and profound with new techniques, but it’s one that pays off and imbues
[Thief] with an edge that is disturbing and gothic in its execution."
- CVLT NATION
"[Thief]... has a powerful uniformity and is well-sequenced and arranged as a whole; part of its strength
is that it feels like one monolithic work sinking deeper and deeper into oblivion like the slow destruction
of the self. Always unravelling a little further into disassociation until all of the elements are left as
broken fragments of a former whole."
- Echoes and Dust
THIEF
General/US Booking: thief.sounds@gmail.com
EU Booking: greg.swampbooking@gmail.com
PR: caroline@clarioncallmedia.com
License/Sync: contact@terrorbird.com
Prophecy Label Project Manager: rayshele@spkr.media