WYRM is the current project of Allan Zane. WYRM arose from the ashes of the now-defunct project Arcanum. Arcanum’s only outputs were a private-edition cassette and CD-R. The moniker WYRM was decided upon when Allan Zane discovered that there were at least two other projects out there named Arcanum - however, this did little in regards to the style of the music.
Using whatever technology is at hand at any given moment, WYRM constructs aural amalgamations of genres now often referred to as "dark ambient" and experimental "electronica". Expressed through music, WYRM's fascination lies with the shadow aspects of human existence—yet constitutes virtue, consciousness-expansion, and illumination.
The first incarnation of WYRM was a live performance at the Mercury-Free Retrograde 9/23/00 event at Vincent's Ear in Asheville, NC.
Since this first incarnation, the WYRM line-up has evolved. The current members are John Murphy (with whom Allan Zane also collaborates as Shining Vril), and Kensaku AKA "Scara" Nishizato (contributor to Nurse With Wound’s "An Awkward Pause"), and Liz Lang.
The artist name WYRM should appear in all capitals unless it is displayed in the vivaldi font, when only the W should be upper-case.
NOTE: DO NOT ADD ANY ADDITIONAL MEMBERS TO THIS GROUP! Allan Zane is the only current permanent member of the group. All other artists who are "members" of WYRM for a particular release should be listed in the Extra Artist field on the release.