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Ludicra was an American heavy metal band from San Francisco.[1] They originally formed in 1998 as a quartet and later expanded to five members. On July 26, 2011, the band announced on their official website that they had disbanded.[2]

Ludicra
Background information
Origin	San Francisco, California, U.S.
Genres	Black metal avant-garde metal post-metal blackgaze
Years active	1998–2011
Labels	Alternative Tentacles, Profound Lore
Website	ludicra.org

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.

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

• Metal Swim – Adult Swim (compilation album; 2010)

References

External links

• Ludicra at AllMusic
• Official Facebook page
• Alternative Tentacle Records
• Life Is Abuse Records

На других языках

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[de] Ludicra

Ludicra (lat. ‚Drama‘) war eine 1998 gegründete, amerikanische Metal-/Crust-Punk-Band aus San Francisco, Kalifornien.

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- [en] Ludicra

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