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Thulcandra
Thulcandra
Origin	Munich, Germany
Genres	Black metal
Years active	2003–present
Labels	Napalm Records
Spinoff of	Obscura
Members	Steffen Kummerer; Alessandro Delastik; Mariano Delastik; Carsten Schorn
Website	thetruethulcandra.com

Thulcandra is a German black metal band from Munich. They have released five full-length studio albums. Their latest album Hail the Abyss was released in 2023 through Napalm Records. The band's style is described as melodic black metal and inspired by bands such as Dissection, Sacramentum, and Unanimated.^[1]^[2]

History edit

Thulcandra was formed in 2003 by guitarist Steffen Kummerer and Jurgen Zintz. Thulcandra recorded a demo called Perishness Around Us in 2004, but neither were satisfied with its quality and did not release it. Shortly thereafter, guitarist Jürgen Zintz committed suicide in 2005. Thus the band then went on hold. Upon moving to another city in late 2008, Steffen Kummerer started listening to their first demo after many years, and decided to restart the band.

The name of the band is taken from a 1989 demo of the Norwegian act Darkthrone, coming from the 1938 science fiction novel Out of the Silent Planet by C. S. Lewis, where Thulcandra is the name for the silent planet, Earth.^[3]

Members edit

Current members edit

Steffen Kummerer – guitars & vocals (2003–present)
Alessandro Delastik – drums (2014–present)
Mariano Delastik – guitars (2018–present)
Carsten Schorn – bass (2020–present)

Former members edit

Jürgen Zintz – guitars (2003–2005; died 2005)
Jonas Baumgartl – drums (2003–2005)
Seraph – drums (2008–2015)
Sebastian Ludwig – guitars (2008–2017)
Tobias Ludwig – bass (2008–2017)
Christian Kratzer – bass (2018–2020, died in 2020)

Discography edit

Studio albums edit

Fallen Angel’s Dominion (2010)
Under a Frozen Sun (2011)
Ascension Lost (2015)
A Dying Wish (2021)
Hail the Abyss (2023)

Demo edit

Perishness Around Us (2004)

EPs edit

The Great Shadow (2021)
Black Sun Aeon (2023)

Music videos edit

The Second Fall (2015)
Funeral Pyre (2021)
Nocturnal Heresy (2021)
A Dying Wish (2021)
As I Walk Through The Gateway (2023)
Hail The Abyss (2023)

References edit

^ "Album Review: THULCANDRA Ascension Lost". 12 February 2015.
^ "Top 5 Dissection Clones — Decibel Magazine". Archived from the original on 25 March 2016. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
^ Kuusela, Tommy (2015). "Dark Lord of Gorgoroth: Black Metal and the Works of Tolkien". Lembas Extra (19): 89–119.