---
title: "Rigor Sardonicous"
type: "MusicGroup"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/rigor-sardonicous"
genre: "Funeral Doom Metal"
country: "United States"
formed: 1988
---

# Rigor Sardonicous

**Rigor Sardonicous** is a funeral doom metal band, from United States, active 1988 to present.

Rigor Sardonicous is an American doom metal band from Long Island, New York. Coined as "raw, apocalyptic doom", Rigor Sardonicous is one of the earliest American doom metal bands that are still active today among Novembers Doom and Evoken. The band members came together in 1988.
According to an interview, the band is influenced by slow parts of death metal bands like Obituary, Winter and Autopsy.

Biography source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rigor_Sardonicous

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Name | Rigor Sardonicous |
| Genre | Funeral Doom Metal |
| Parent genre | Doom Metal |
| Origin | Long Island, United States |
| Formed | 1988 |
| Releases in catalog | 8 |

## Genres

[Doom Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/doom-metal) · [Funeral Doom Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/funeral-doom) · [Death Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/death-metal)

## Line-up

| Musician | Instruments | Years | Status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Joe Fogarazzo](https://themetalnet.com/musician/joe-fogarazzo) |  |  | Current |
| [“?!”](https://themetalnet.com/musician/band-6ede09c8) |  |  | Current |
| [Glenn Hampton](https://themetalnet.com/musician/glenn-hampton) |  |  | Current |

## Discography

| Year | Release | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1999 | [Apocalypsis Damnare](https://themetalnet.com/album/e48d5fd9-95d2-30cc-8eea-b0ea9521741b) | Album |
| 2004 | [Principia Sardonica](https://themetalnet.com/album/51050d5e-683e-335e-97cb-7544aa1ebbb1) | Album |
| 2006 | [Risus Ex Mortuus](https://themetalnet.com/album/17c5bcf6-e52f-38d5-9719-ecddd795463e) | Album |
| 2007 | [Amores Defunctus Tuus Mater](https://themetalnet.com/album/a74bf7ba-ed48-4730-a27d-f4f48c1afb44) | EP |
| 2008 | [Vallis Ex Umbra De Mortuus](https://themetalnet.com/album/1d8ed3b2-9965-3eb2-9cc0-f5e7629ab26c) | Album |
| 2012 | [Ego Diligio Vos](https://themetalnet.com/album/41100efc-c45b-439f-9eec-f38f6e331665) | Album |
| 2018 | [Ridenti Mortuus](https://themetalnet.com/album/76363c3a-66a0-4b64-a62d-3e2dee1bc372) | EP |
| 2023 | [Praeparet Bellum](https://themetalnet.com/album/9f57fa2b-f89f-4eeb-a2f0-7890c332df2a) | Album |

## Related bands

- [Aarni](https://themetalnet.com/band/aarni) (listened together)
- [Darkflight](https://themetalnet.com/band/darkflight) (listened together)
- [Monolithe](https://themetalnet.com/band/monolithe) (listened together)
- [It Will Come](https://themetalnet.com/band/it-will-come) (listened together)
- [Shape of Despair](https://themetalnet.com/band/shape-of-despair) (listened together)
- [Evoken](https://themetalnet.com/band/evoken) (listened together)
- [Nortt](https://themetalnet.com/band/nortt) (listened together)
- [Mournful Congregation](https://themetalnet.com/band/mournful-congregation) (listened together)
- [The Funeral Orchestra](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-funeral-orchestra) (listened together)
- [Catacombs](https://themetalnet.com/band/catacombs) (same tags)
- [Hierophant](https://themetalnet.com/band/hierophant-c696ed2e) (same tags)
- [Sutratma](https://themetalnet.com/band/sutratma) (same tags)

## Official and external links

- metal archives: https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Rigor_Sardonicous/30436

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