Iron Faith Chief Defends 56-Album AI Acts, Refuses Proof They Are Real

1 articles · Updated · Futurism · May 25

Jared Holm, president of South Carolina-based Iron Faith Records, said the label’s artists are real people and its music is “100 percent human,” but refused requests for studio footage or other proof.
The denial came after scrutiny of Iron Faith’s roster of AI-looking acts, including Ravnlore and Hammer to the Cross, whose accounts often do not disclose AI use even as TikTok flags some content as AI-generated.
Output volumes undercut Holm’s claims: Ravnlore has released 12 full-length albums in 2026, Hammer to the Cross 35 since 2025, and Apexwolf 56, with an older post saying, “I generated songs and posted them.”
The strategy is already drawing large audiences across platforms, with Ravnlore showing 437,000 Facebook followers and 163,687 Spotify monthly listeners, while Hammer to the Cross has 364,400 TikTok followers and 56,699 monthly listeners.
Collectively, the accounts have amassed millions of follows, views and listens, highlighting how AI personas can scale quickly on streaming and social platforms while blurring whether listeners are hearing human musicians at all.

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