“Shortly after the release of Savages’ 2013 debut, Silence Yourself, Jehnny Beth published a Tumblr post about how her producer/paramour Johnny Hostile converted her to the dark arts of grindcore and death metal. Recounting an early Savages gig in Holland where Hostile served as the opening act, she writes, “Before we came onstage, Johnny said ‘I wanna see a mosh pit for these girls, fuck sake’. An”
