Cult of Luna

Cult of Luna
Cult of Luna at Peace & Love in Borlänge, Sweden in 2009
Background information
Origin	Umeå, Sweden
Genres	Post-metal sludge metal
Years active	1998 (1998)–present
Labels	Earache Indie Metal Blade Red Creek
Members	Magnus Líndberg Johannes Persson Andreas Johansson Thomas Hedlund Fredrik Kihlberg Kristian Karlsson
Past members	Klas Rydberg Erik Olòfsson Fredrik Renström Marco Hildén Axel Stattin Anders Teglund
Website	cultofluna.com

Cult of Luna is a Swedish post-metal band from Umeå founded in 1998.^[1] Their style of music is similar to contemporary bands Neurosis and Isis. Cult of Luna was signed to Earache Records in the early 2000s and released five albums, including the commercially successful albums Salvation (2004) and Somewhere Along the Highway (2006). After an extended period of inactivity, Cult of Luna returned with its Indie Recordings debut Vertikal (2013) and companion EP Vertikal II (2013), both drawing inspiration from Fritz Lang's 1927 film, Metropolis. In 2016 the band released their space-themed collaborative album, Mariner, featuring American vocalist Julie Christmas.