LUCTUS

LUCTUS is a Lithuanian one-man blackmetal band.
The sound of LUCTUS can be described as fast and agressive black metal with some
death/thrash influences. LUCTUS main lyrical themes are as follows: war,
patriotism, nowaday decadence, the dying paganism. Created in 2001, LUCTUS has
so far released two albums. The first demo tape "My Sorrow In The Lifeless
Landscapes", released in 2002, was rather amature, recorded only with an
acoustic guitar and this tape didn't reach the metalheads of the underground.
Another record called "The Dawn Of The Eclipsed Desperation", which was released in
2003, was recorded in a professional studio, however using a drum machine.
This album didn't reach many metalheads, however, those who had heard this album
said good words about it.



After a year, the album, „Ad
Arma!“, was released. The style had changed a bit: it had become more agressive
and powerful than before. This time, the drums were handled by a live drummer.
The album "Ad Arma!" received great reviews all over the underground. LUCTUS
managed to find three musicians and play a few live shows.



In March of 2007 the biggest
Lithuanian black metal label Ledo Takas released a split album with another
lithuanian extreme metal band Argharus,
entitled "Sonitus Caeli Ardentis". The split album contains six tracks of the
latest LUCTUS record. Since the summer of 2006 LUCTUS kommando had a stabile line-up with
two sessionists to strike in live shows.



After a year of silence, in 2009 Ledo
Takas rec. presents the new LUCTUS album "Jaučiant pabaigą arti" ("Feeling the
End Near"). Recorded in the legendary "Phoenix" studios it contains 11
tracks of crunchy thrashing black metal with certain old-school spirit, able to
shake the ground with a cannon-like burst!



LUCTUS
DISCOGRAPHY:



"Jaučiant pabaigą arti"
digi CD 2009.
Ledo takas records.



"Sonitus caeli ardentis"
CD 2007.
Ledo takas records.



"Warlike hate and grief"
MC 2006.
Bylc-Tum Prod.



"Ad arma"
CD-r 2004.
Self released.