Uncategorized : April 2008 – Leicohtica

Genre: Gothic, Black, Progressive Metal
Origin: Wagga Wagga, NSW
Formed in: 2004
Links:
Leicohtica Official
Leicohtica Myspace
Leicohtica Forum

Bio:
Since blazing into the Australian metal scene in mid-2004, Aussie black/goth metal band Leicohtica has proven it’s a force to be reckoned with.

The band was voted runner-up in the Australian metal music awards, had a top 30 spot in the Musicoz awards, was a finalist in the Jim Beam national battle of the bands and made several highly acclaimed festival appearances, not to mention a slew of interstate tour dates supporting some of Australia’s biggest name acts.

Leicohtica has set the hearts and minds of black metal fans on fire Australia-wide, and in 2007 with The Balance of Fire, the bands follow-up to the 2004 release In Torments Garden, the band returned with a more sophisticated, darker and refined aural assault.

Described by critics as “defiantly beautiful and angelically graceful whilst simultaneously bearing the full force of hell down upon its listeners,” this album is sure to cause controversy as it blends elements of neo-classical death metal, symphonic black metal and gothic metal into what can only be described as viciously brutal and immensely soft. To get this sound the band uses soprano, mezzo-soprano and baritone operatic voices with crushing death metal growls, furious double kickers and devastating guitar riffage to create its disobediently eclectic “beauty and the beast” style.

Releases:

In Torments Garden
EP, 2004 (Anti-Human Records Australia)

The Balance of Fire
Full Length, 2007 (Anti-Human Records Australia)
Buy album by contacting the band here

Sample songs:

A Prototype Soul (Remix)
A Rose for the Dead
The New Design

Main Leicohtica Articles on METAL OBSESSION:
Leicohtica – A Prototype Soul Video
Leicohtica Interview – 09/03/2008