Xasthur

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Xasthur

Malefic of Xasthur.
Origin Alhambra, California
Country United States
Years active 1995 - present
Genres Black metal
Black ambient
Labels Hydra Head Records
Displeased Records
Southern Lord Records

Xasthur is a black metal band formed by Scott Conner, better known as "Malefic", in Alhambra, California in 1995. The band became a one-man project in 1999 and is currently signed to Hydra Head Records, who released the band's most recent album, Subliminal Genocide, together with another label, Battle Kommand, in 2006. That same year, the band's split album with Leviathan was released in Europe by Displeased Records.[1] The band's previous album, Nocturnal Poisoning, was released on vinyl by Southern Lord Records.[2]

Malefic has also toured with Sunn O))), but stated in an interview for Pitchfork Media that he "will always keep Xasthur a band that will not play live."[3]

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[edit] Members

[edit] Current line-up

  • Malefic (Scott Conner) – Vocals and all instruments

[edit] Past members

  • Ritual – Drums and vocals (1995-1999)
  • Blood Moon Ausar – Session Keyboards on "A Curse For The Lifeless" (Split with Nortt) and on "Xasthur".

[edit] Discography

Xasthur logo
Xasthur logo

[edit] Albums

[edit] Split albums

  • Orosius / Xasthur (1999)
  • Xasthur / Acid Enema (2001)
  • Nachtmystium / Xasthur (2004)
  • Xasthur / Angra Mainyu (2004)
  • Xasthur / Leviathan (2004)
  • Xasthur / Nortt (2004)

[edit] EPs

  • A Darkened Winter (2001)
  • Suicide in Dark Serenity (2003)
  • Xasthur (2006)

[edit] Demos

  • A Gate Through Bloodstained Mirrors (2001)
  • Rehearsal 2002 (2002)
  • A Sermon in the Name of Death (2004)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

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