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. The band features Terence Hannum (synthesizers, vocals, tape loops), Steven Hess (drums, electronics), and André Foisy (electric, 12-string, acoustic guitars, tape loops, and electronics). The group incorporates influences from multiple genres including ambient,

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as influences. Locrian lyrics and artwork evoke dystopic and apocalyptic imagery. Over their ten-year history, Locrian have released six studio albums, three collaborative albums, and numerous limited edition releases.

History

Locrian was formed in late 2005 by André Foisy and Terence Hannum, who had previously played together in Unlucky Atlas.Rivadavia, Eduardo " Locrian Biography,

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, April 16, 2010. Retrieved 2010-11-27. Foisy is originally from Northern New York, while Hannum is from Florida. The group has released over 20 recordings in their relatively short lifespan, on labels such as Small Doses, Bloodlust!, and At War With False Noise, as well as on the group's private label Land of Decay. In 2009, the band released their first studio album, '' Drenched Lands''. The album was met with acclaim from the ''

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'' magazine. Locrian followed its release with a U.S. tour, including a special

Musical style

The band's music was described by

as an "eclectic mixture of black metal, electronics, drone, and noise rock".Rivadavia, Eduardo (2010) " ''Territories'' Review,

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writer Ned Raggett also identified

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. Retrieved 2010-11-27. The band have identified krautrock and 1990s death metal as influences.

Members

*André Foisy – guitar, bass, percussion *Terence Hannum – vocals, synthesizers, organs, tapes, guitar *Steven Hess – drums, percussion, electronics

Discography

Studio albums

* '' Drenched Lands'' (2009) * ''

'' (2010) * '' The Crystal World'' (2010) * '' The Clearing'' (2011) * '' Return to Annihilation'' (2013) * '' Infinite Dissolution'' (2015) * ''New Catastrophisms'' (2022)

EPs

* ''Ghost Frontiers'' (2022)

Collaboration albums

* '' New Dominions'' (collaboration with Horseback) (2011) * '' Bless Them That Curse You'' (collaboration with

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) (2012) * '' Locrian & Christoph Heemann'' (collaboration with Christoph Heemann) (2012)

Live albums

*''Greyfield Shrines'' (2008) *''Rhetoric of Surfaces'' (2008) *''Ruins of Morning (Plague Journal)'' (2008) *''Rain of Ashes'' (2009)

References

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