History

Luctus is a Lithuanian one-man black metal 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. Next 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.

Luctus recorded a one-track demo tape 'One Hour ov Mourn...', limited to 20 pieces, and released in November 2003.

In April 2004, 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 February 2009 Ledo Takas Records presented 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.

(Discography incomplete)