When Nicolas Cage's son Wes Cage (born Weston Coppola Cage) was a teenager, he was in a black metal band under the moniker Eyes Of Noctum. Now, at age 23, Wes is preparing the release of his debut solo album, Prehistoric Technology, which is scheduled for a tentative release date of sometime this coming February. In anticipation, you can stream the effort's lead single, “Tell Me Why (Matriarch of Misery),” below.

In an interview with Noisey, Wes divulged the details of his first band and their demise, his relation with his mother (which is who “Tell Me Why (Matriarch of Misery)” is about), his 18th birthday party in Norway that lasted three days, inventing the genre “ghost metal” and much more. On the motives behind his debut solo endeavor, he commented: