POST LUCTUM is a Melodic Death/Doom project created in 2019 by Ian Goetchius in California, Southern Maryland. (USA)The sound is steeped in sorrow, weight, and the slow, deliberate descent into emotional ruin.
The band draws from the heaviest traditions of death-doom, merging crushing riffs and cavernous vocals with mournful melodies
and a sense of atmospheric dread that lingers long after the final note fades.
Post Luctum - Latin for “after grief” - embodies its name fully.
Their music dwells in the aftermath: the numb quiet that follows loss, the cold clarity of reflection, and the bleak beauty discovered in ruins.
With influences ranging from Swallow the Sun, Cult of Luna, Paradise Lost, and Shape of Despair, the band shapes these elements into something distinctly their own
- raw, introspective, and emotionally unrelenting.
Their releases explore themes of grief, isolation, and existential weight. Slow-burning compositions build from calm into towering walls of distortion,
while the vocals move between deep growls, high screams, and somber cleans.
The result is a sonic landscape both devastating and intimate - a tribute to sorrow and the human condition.
Post Luctum continues to carve out a place in the extreme metal underground, delivering music that offers no escape, only immersion.
For those who seek catharsis in heaviness and beauty in darkness, Post Luctum opens the door to the solemn world that exists after grief.
Post Luctum - Forced To Watch You Wither | MMR051
Post Luctum welcomes the listeners to the depths to either confront inner darkness or to wallow within it.
"Forced To Watch You Wither" is a journey dealing with pushing oneself to the point of exhaustion while also battling insomnia.
Questioning if everything you're doing is good enough, clouding your view and even questioning sanity.
Marching ever onward, Post Luctum will continue to evolve and explore new realms of the dark and light.
Continue expanding. Continue creating a legacy that will endure time.
released on September 13, 2024.