Ilsa is a sludge/death metal/crust band from the Washington, DC area, formed in 2008. Knowledgeable local music fans consider them the heaviest band in the nation's capitol. They are supposedly named after the 1975 Nazi sexplotation movie Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS. At one point in the past, several members of this band played in Time of the Wolf, a group deemed “Too metal for me” by the punk zine Maximum Rock'n'Roll. It would be facile, but true, to say that Ilsa summons dark forces. Read more on