Light Unseen is an American

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band that originated in San Marcos, Texas, United States. The band was founded by local Texas death metal and grindcore veteran Christian "Shun" Marthiljohni of Diminished, Southern Front, and The Monk. Marthiljohni hired on his friend Adrian Trevino to take over drums. The band signed with

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in January 2018. Light Unseen has been compared to

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and Antidemon. Currently, the band is signed with

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History

Light Unseen began in July 2016, with the lineup of Christian "Shun" Marthiljohni on vocals, guitars, and bass and Adrian Trevino on drums. The band debuted with their single "Imago Dei", which was released independently. Following the release of the single, the band released a demo on November 17, with the title ''Eve of the Day of the Lord: Demo 2017'', which included three tracks - "Imago Dei", "Corpus Christi", and "Eve of the Day of the Lord". On January 27, 2018, the band signed with

, a Christian label whose roster also included

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, and announced the release of their debut album. September 2018 saw them joining on a festival called Triple Threat 666, several other local artists. Following their performance at the festival, Light Unseen officially released their debut single, a re-recorded version of "Corpus Christi", on November 28, 2018. The band would release their debut album, ''Visions of Archetype and Apocalypse'', would come out through Nosral Recordings on December 14, 2018. The album was fairly well received. On January 27, 2019, the band performed as special guests on the Hasten Revelation tour, alongside Halcyon Way,

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. Over July 3 and 4, the band drove up to Audiofeed Music Festival to perform alongside several acts, including labelmates Symphony of Heaven, Gold Frankincense and Myrrh, and

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. The band is currently working on their sophomore album. On November 30, 2020, the band signed with

, home to Brotality,

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, and fellow Nosral alumni Symphony of Heaven.

Members

Current *Christian "Master Shun" Marthiljohni - Vocals, Guitars, Bass (2016–present) *Adrian Trevino - Drums (2016–present)

Discography

Studio albums *''Visions of Archetype and Apocalypse'' (2018;

) Demos *''Eve of the Day of the Lord: Demo 2017'' (2017;

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) Singles *"Imago Dei" (2017; independent) *"Eve if the Day of the Lord" (2020;

)

References

{{Reflist American Christian metal musical groups American death metal musical groups American grindcore musical groups Heavy metal duos Nosral Recordings artists