---
title: "Locrian"
type: "MusicGroup"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/locrian"
genre: "Drone Metal"
country: "United States"
formed: 2005
---

# Locrian

**Locrian** is a drone metal band, from United States, active 2005 to present.

Locrian is an experimental music/drone rock band which formed in Chicago, Illinois, United States in late 2005 and is currently based in Chicago and Baltimore, Maryland. The band features Terence Hannum, Steven Hess, and André Foisy. The group incorporates influences from multiple genres including ambient, black metal, noise, drone, industrial, and electronics, and cite One Eyed God Prophecy, Uranus, Yes, Genesis, Brian Eno, and Robert Fripp as influences. 
Locrian lyrics and artwork evoke dystopic and apocalyptic imagery. 
To date, Locrian have released eight studio albums, three collaborative albums, and numerous limited edition releases.

Biography source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locrian_(band)

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Name | Locrian |
| Genre | Drone Metal |
| Parent genre | Doom Metal |
| Origin | United States |
| Formed | 2005 |
| Releases in catalog | 20 |

## Genres

[Drone Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/drone-metal)

## Line-up

| Musician | Instruments | Years | Status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [André Foisy](https://themetalnet.com/musician/andre-foisy) |  |  | Current |
| [Terence Hannum](https://themetalnet.com/musician/terence-hannum) |  |  | Current |

## Discography

| Year | Release | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2007 | [Archive 03: Visible Invisible](https://themetalnet.com/album/8c3be26c-5cc8-4e23-8996-8ee132657b79) | Album |
| 2008 | [Exhuming the Carnival / Burying the Carnival](https://themetalnet.com/album/b893f154-99a4-425b-a4b8-9883d794fb86) | EP |
| 2008 | [Greyfield Shrines](https://themetalnet.com/album/458d5465-417f-4f26-813b-8889942d8070) | Album |
| 2008 | [Rhetoric of Surfaces](https://themetalnet.com/album/a3cecdc8-f3fc-4eda-9115-513b4c62196e) | Album |
| 2009 | [Archive 01: Endless Plains | Flat Horizon](https://themetalnet.com/album/5dd40362-04f1-4710-9066-55d4bd9dcf8b) | EP |
| 2009 | [Drenched Lands](https://themetalnet.com/album/d6ae029f-a670-3f94-a35f-cec341f7ebbc) | Album |
| 2009 | [Visible/Invisible](https://themetalnet.com/album/b1b62db1-0118-45c6-ac07-bba2f52e10b2) | EP |
| 2010 | [Dissolvers](https://themetalnet.com/album/a3d624e6-dade-40c0-a5a2-37ee60597d00) | Album |
| 2010 | [Falling Towers / After the Torchlight](https://themetalnet.com/album/62fd6352-caf9-4034-9e03-ab2bfa6d6832) | EP |
| 2010 | [Territories](https://themetalnet.com/album/ed05b4c7-0f25-44f8-a4f2-7f0718081f00) | Album |
| 2010 | [The Crystal World](https://themetalnet.com/album/ed5d1df7-cd62-46ee-9fcd-dd0272ed002a) | Album |
| 2011 | [The Clearing](https://themetalnet.com/album/a96345c3-3c64-49a1-ac72-31774057b68d) | Album |
| 2012 | [Bless Them That Curse You](https://themetalnet.com/album/1b55b81e-7b4a-410a-b4cf-33af34fecd61) | Album |
| 2012 | [Locrian & Christoph Heemann](https://themetalnet.com/album/3e7286b1-0bc9-4342-9372-32c23615c2cc) | Album |
| 2013 | [Return to Annihilation](https://themetalnet.com/album/6a48f68c-07ab-4202-a626-e58bf468ed54) | Album |
| 2015 | [Infinite Dissolution](https://themetalnet.com/album/7a0517d6-c081-406e-ac53-8a4c191cd5c2) | Album |
| 2022 | [Archive 02: Plague Journal](https://themetalnet.com/album/c7e54bf7-dde3-40c2-902a-ee193d5500a5) | Album |
| 2022 | [Ghost Frontiers](https://themetalnet.com/album/f59f14a6-1935-4f11-8e3d-0370b23f9e5a) | EP |
| 2022 | [New Catastrophism](https://themetalnet.com/album/c51830f8-6dbd-4e73-8704-ee268f7a625d) | Album |
| 2024 | [End Terrain](https://themetalnet.com/album/d1c25877-2add-4f09-9fee-97bc4c82897c) | Album |

## Related bands

- [Horseback](https://themetalnet.com/band/horseback) (listened together)
- [Jesu](https://themetalnet.com/band/jesu) (listened together)
- [Nadja](https://themetalnet.com/band/nadja) (listened together)
- [Caspian](https://themetalnet.com/band/caspian) (listened together)
- [Deafheaven](https://themetalnet.com/band/deafheaven) (listened together)
- [Planning for Burial](https://themetalnet.com/band/planning-for-burial) (listened together)
- [Alcest](https://themetalnet.com/band/alcest) (listened together)
- [King Woman](https://themetalnet.com/band/king-woman) (listened together)
- [Sadness](https://themetalnet.com/band/sadness) (listened together)
- [The Body](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-body) (listened together)
- [Tombs](https://themetalnet.com/band/tombs) (listened together)
- [Liturgy](https://themetalnet.com/band/liturgy) (listened together)

## Official and external links

- x: https://twitter.com/locrianofficial
- bandcamp: https://locrian.bandcamp.com/
- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LocrianOfficial
- instagram: https://www.instagram.com/locrianofficial/

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Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/band/locrian](https://themetalnet.com/band/locrian). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt