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Ludicra is an American
heavy metal band from
San Francisco .
[1] They originally formed in 1998 as a quartet and later expanded to five members. In 2011, the band announced on their official website that they had disbanded,
[2] but they reunited in 2022.
Ludicra's sound has been described as
black metal
[1] and
avant-garde metal .
[3]
[4] Influences include bands such as
Darkthrone ,
Gorgoroth ,
Dødheimsgard and
Bethlehem ,
[1] and genres like
thrash metal ,
doom metal ,
punk and
folk .
[5]
The group included current and former members of other San Francisco-based bands such as
Impaled ,
Hammers of Misfortune ,
[1] Tallow, Missile Command, Ominum and punk band
Hickey . They shared the stage with Impaled,
[1] Total Shutdown,
[1]
the Fucking Champs
[1] and
Krallice .
The band reunited in 2022, and performed at the Northwest Terror Fest in Seattle and at the
Great American Music Hall in San Francisco.
[6]
Band members
Last lineup
John Cobbett – guitars (1998–2011)
Christy Cather – guitars, vocals (1998–2011)
Ross Sewage – bass (1999–2011)
Laurie Sue Shanaman – vocals (1999–2011)
Aesop Dekker – drums (1998–2011)
Former members
Jesika Christ – bass, vocals (1998–1999)
Session members
Melynda Jackson
Lorraine Rath
Kris Force
Sigrid Sheie
Jackie Perez-Gratz
Discography
Hollow Psalms (Life Is Abuse, 2002)
Another Great Love Song (
Alternative Tentacles , 2004)
S/T EP (Life Is Abuse, 2006)
Fex Urbis Lex Orbis (Alternative Tentacles, 2006)
The Tenant (
Profound Lore Records , 2010)
Other appearances
References
^
a
b
c
d
e
f
g York, William (July 22, 2002).
"Ludicra" .
AllMusic . Retrieved October 13, 2011 .
^
Official Ludicra web site
Archived December 18, 2001, at the
Wayback Machine
^ Smith, Chris (July 2011).
"Rehab of a strung-out musical scene" . San Francisco Magazine. Archived from
the original on October 2, 2011. Retrieved October 13, 2011 .
^ Smith, Chris (July 6, 2011).
"Our avant-garde metal scene" . ca-smith.net. Retrieved October 13, 2011 .
^ Lee, Cosmo; Voegtlin, Stewart.
"Into the Void: Stylus Magazine's Beginner's Guide to Metal" .
Stylus Magazine . Archived from
the original on October 2, 2009. Retrieved May 17, 2010 .
^ Pehling, Dave (November 8, 2022).
"Reunited SF black metal band Ludicra plays Great American Music Hall" .
CBS News . Retrieved November 14, 2022 .
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