Ludicra

Ludicra
Background information
Origin	San Francisco, California, U.S.
Genres	Black metal avant-garde metal post-metal blackgaze
Years active	1998–2011, 2022
Labels	Alternative Tentacles, Profound Lore
Website	ludicra.org

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

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

References

1. York, William (July 22, 2002). "Ludicra". AllMusic. Retrieved October 13, 2011.
2. Official Ludicra web site Archived December 18, 2001, at the Wayback Machine
3. 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.
4. Smith, Chris (July 6, 2011). "Our avant-garde metal scene". ca-smith.net. Retrieved October 13, 2011.
5. 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.
6. Pehling, Dave (November 8, 2022). "Reunited SF black metal band Ludicra plays Great American Music Hall". CBS News. Retrieved November 14, 2022.

External links

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