--- title: "Xasthur" type: "MusicGroup" url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/xasthur" genre: "Black Metal" country: "United States" formed: 1995 --- # Xasthur **Xasthur** is a black metal band, from United States, active 1995 to present. Xasthur is the project of American musician Scott "Malefic" Conner. Conner formed Xasthur in 1995 and released eight studio albums of black metal by 2010, when he announced the end of the project. However, he began using the name once again in 2015 to instead perform acoustic neofolk music. The first album with this new style was entitled Subject to Change, released in 2016. Biography source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xasthur ## Facts | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Name | Xasthur | | Genre | Black Metal | | Parent genre | Black Metal | | Origin | Alhambra, United States | | Formed | 1995 | | Releases in catalog | 27 | ## Genres [Black Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/black-metal) · [Depressive Black Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/depressive-black) · [Atmospheric Black Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/atmospheric-black) ## Line-up | Musician | Instruments | Years | Status | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Malefic](https://themetalnet.com/musician/malefic) | Principal | 1995 to present | Current | | [Rachel Roomian](https://themetalnet.com/musician/rachel-roomian) | Bass | 2016 to 2018 | Former | | [Robert Nusslein](https://themetalnet.com/musician/robert-nusslein) | | 2015 to 2015 | Former | | [Christopher Hernandez](https://themetalnet.com/musician/christopher-hernandez) | Acoustic guitar | 2015 to 2021 | Former | | [Joe Larriva](https://themetalnet.com/musician/joe-larriva) | Acoustic guitar | 2018 to 2021 | Former | | [Mike Pardi](https://themetalnet.com/musician/mike-pardi) | Drums (drum set) | 1996 to 1999 | Former | ## Discography | Year | Release | Type | | --- | --- | --- | | 1999 | [Xasthur / Orosius](https://themetalnet.com/album/fadb0dce-fd77-3670-b37c-9308a791716d) | EP | | 2001 | [A Darkened Winter](https://themetalnet.com/album/fe05212e-26bc-3103-ac81-c18fb12037a8) | EP | | 2001 | [A Gate Through Bloodstained Mirrors](https://themetalnet.com/album/26a5df9c-c8a0-35ff-af18-23ba0cdc6617) | Album | | 2002 | [Nocturnal Poisoning](https://themetalnet.com/album/9377e7b5-d9d7-3b39-a74b-9bff7da80260) | Album | | 2002 | [Xasthur / Acid Enema](https://themetalnet.com/album/7163d4f2-8957-3a53-9a77-75fff05c8de3) | Album | | 2003 | [Suicide in Dark Serenity](https://themetalnet.com/album/e8c33011-dcd0-3862-90b5-7ec06b2a58d7) | EP | | 2003 | [The Funeral of Being](https://themetalnet.com/album/ee8c0802-a528-3c4a-9aab-32c1041276ef) | Album | | 2004 | [Telepathic With the Deceased](https://themetalnet.com/album/879e333c-fadb-318e-8aac-0eb5582f65ba) | Album | | 2004 | [To Violate the Oblivious](https://themetalnet.com/album/85706499-1cd0-3db5-b97a-76b9f00315b2) | Album | | 2004 | [Xasthur / Angra Mainyu](https://themetalnet.com/album/4754a424-3e85-398e-a045-c23a85d75625) | Album | | 2004 | [Xasthur / Leviathan](https://themetalnet.com/album/77f42f00-8ce6-301c-a100-0c78d3dcae6c) | Album | | 2005 | [Subliminal Genocide](https://themetalnet.com/album/4f3da667-7e83-3ec6-8251-754809f9751a) | Album | | 2006 | [Xasthur](https://themetalnet.com/album/e07161d0-8a50-39fb-9800-189c62349229) | EP | | 2007 | [Defective Epitaph](https://themetalnet.com/album/af5f80b3-8223-3446-b24d-51dae2d9fe94) | Album | | 2008 | [A Living Hell](https://themetalnet.com/album/c14c6310-6148-4bde-8890-199fd59da7c7) | EP | | 2009 | [All Reflections Drained](https://themetalnet.com/album/9dc35343-c9dd-342f-b44e-21ffdc0d6fc6) | Album | | 2010 | [2005 Demo](https://themetalnet.com/album/44308bc0-f20d-4e5e-9471-0cb1a65b85ee) | EP | | 2010 | [Portal of Sorrow](https://themetalnet.com/album/4ae43abb-6832-467f-bafe-9af6dd0b82a1) | Album | | 2012 | [Other Worlds of the Mind](https://themetalnet.com/album/5f1ed616-895a-4b56-8142-b527cc385e83) | Album | | 2013 | [A Misleading Reality](https://themetalnet.com/album/602e6370-209f-47bd-a2c0-0b78e3bf4d6a) | Album | | 2016 | [Subject to Change](https://themetalnet.com/album/8899ca76-5cc0-43f1-9c5c-cdf9c93b0248) | Album | | 2017 | [Sigils Made of Flesh and Trees](https://themetalnet.com/album/407b2122-0bf8-47a6-a3b5-9496b0085bbd) | Album | | 2018 | [Aestas Pretium MMXVIII](https://themetalnet.com/album/3b104043-21ab-4ef0-8cec-62ff7d9e609e) | EP | | 2021 | [The Hallucination Tunnels](https://themetalnet.com/album/14cfe62b-e0dc-434a-acd7-e595c7fe9f30) | Album | | 2021 | [Victims of the Times](https://themetalnet.com/album/730fa362-3c23-434f-9ac3-2a6e79e1c725) | Album | | 2023 | [Inevitably Dark](https://themetalnet.com/album/d8104dad-1425-4a07-8ddf-62b6a9e8023a) | Album | | 2024 | [Disharmonic Variations](https://themetalnet.com/album/ddfc9bfa-ff09-48d4-a9d7-76161e697582) | Album | ## Related bands - [Leviathan](https://themetalnet.com/band/leviathan-4ab7ef36) (listened together) - [Burzum](https://themetalnet.com/band/burzum) (listened together) - [Darkthrone](https://themetalnet.com/band/darkthrone) (listened together) - [Lifelover](https://themetalnet.com/band/lifelover) (listened together) - [Mayhem](https://themetalnet.com/band/mayhem) (listened together) - [Bathory](https://themetalnet.com/band/bathory) (listened together) - [Deathspell Omega](https://themetalnet.com/band/deathspell-omega) (listened together) - [Blut aus Nord](https://themetalnet.com/band/blut-aus-nord) (listened together) - [Emperor](https://themetalnet.com/band/emperor) (listened together) - [Ulver](https://themetalnet.com/band/ulver) (listened together) - [Nortt](https://themetalnet.com/band/nortt) (listened together) - [Immortal](https://themetalnet.com/band/immortal) (listened together) ## Official and external links - youtube: https://music.youtube.com/channel/UCsnfQQvIVp9tO36In-4I0lw - metal archives: https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Xasthur/4936 - deezer: https://www.deezer.com/artist/12089 - spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0nH9qzKJMfrJNnF37nDaVj - instagram: https://www.instagram.com/xasthur_official1/ - bandcamp: https://xasthurband.bandcamp.com/ - x: https://twitter.com/thetrue_xasthur --- Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/band/xasthur](https://themetalnet.com/band/xasthur). 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