Michael Ford is an American musician and occult author who began his career in 1991 with the black metal band Abaddon (renamed Sorath a year later). Whilst in Sorath, Ford made his first attempts at more experimental music with [[artist:Darkness Enshroud]], first aided by Rahu (Dan Ferguson) and later by [[artist:Shanna LeJeune]]. Another experimental avenue was explored with the death industrial project [[artist:Valefor]], whilst black metal would never leave his attention for long and has been pursued under the guise of [[artist:Black Funeral]] which Ford originally formed in 1993.