skaphos

about

Black/Death Metal from France. Formed in 2018, the crew dives into the abyss, lost and drowned in a madness from which they can never escape. A dreadful world at the edge of reality. « From now on, SKAPHOS figures prominently among the names to remember from the French Black / Death Metal scene » (Metal Alliance Mag). The first album « Bathyscaphe » was released in 2020, revealing a vehement, aggressive and dissonant style. A journey inspired by short stories from writers such as Verne and Lovecraft. After a franco-swiss tour with STORTREGN in 2020, the band signed with The Flaming Arts Agency and went on tour with VADER in Europe as well as a French tour in 2021. It was the following year that the second album appeared, entitled « Thooï », a divinity created from scratch by the crew members. A story about a people fanatically devoted to their god of the abyss, awakened after centuries of sleep, more powerful than ever. The band then goes on two new European tours alongside I AM MORBID, HATE, BELPHEGOR then MARDUK to finish with a second franco-swiss tour with STORTREGN in 2022. Early 2023, the crew went to Japan for a tour with BATUSHKA then goes back in Europe with VADER, and ends the year with a french tour. SKAPHOS illustrates its universe both on stage, through a sordid-looking show representing the seabed, and on the screens: numerous clips and a short film inspired by expressionism such as those of Fritz Lang: « La Litanie des Flots ». Since the resumption of conce