Cult of Luna

The story

Cult of Luna is a Swedish post-metal band from Umeå founded in 1998. 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.

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Stories

Beyond the records: books, other lives and interviews, from the band and its members.

Watch

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Records

• Beyond V (live) · 2025 · Single · live
• Cygnus (Perturbator remix) · 2018 · Single · remix
• Mariner Live at De Kreun – Belgium · 2018 · live
• Live at La Gaîté Lyrique: Paris · 2017 · live
• Live at Roadburn 2013 · 2017 · live
• Somewhere Along the Highway: Live at Roadburn 2016 · 2017 · live
• Years in a Day · 2017 · compilation, live
• Finland · 2017 · Single · live
• Finland (Live) · 2017 · Single · compilation
• Marching to the Heartbeats / Dim · 2017 · Single · live
• Eternal Music · 2014 · soundtrack
• Cult of Luna Remixes · 2014 · remix
• Vertikal I & II · 2013 · compilation
• Live at the Scala · 2010 · live
• Eviga riket · 2010 · audiobook
• Fire Was Born · 2009 · live
• Demo · 1999 · EP · demo

Records from MusicBrainz, completed with the release lists of Deezer and Apple. Sleeves from the Cover Art Archive and the same lists.

Members

• 1998 to 2012
  Klas Rydberg
• 1998 to 2014
  Erik Olòfsson
• 1998 on
  Magnus Lindberg
• 1998 on
  Johannes Persson
• 1999
  Fredrik Renström
• 1999 to 2002
  Marco Hildén
• 2000 to 2002
  Axel Stattin
• 2002 on
  Andreas Johansson
• 2003 to 2013
  Anders Teglund
• 2003 on
  Thomas Hedlund
• 2004 on
  Fredrik Kihlberg
• 2013 on
  Kristian Karlsson

Members past and present, each with their own page. From MusicBrainz.

Also plays on

Records by other artists with Cult of Luna in the credits, from the song and record credits of MusicBrainz and Discogs. Their own bands are above.

Playlists with Cult of Luna in them: Sonic Architects selections and Pause & Record tapes from linr listeners, Deezer’s editors and curators, radio shows on Mixcloud and ListenBrainz playlists. Every tile opens on linr first, with the original one link away.

If you like Cult of Luna

• Isis3 sources agree
• Neurosis3 sources agree
• The Ocean3 sources agree
• Russian Circles3 sources agree
• Amenra3 sources agree
• Rosetta3 sources agree
• Pelican3 sources agree
• Year of No Light3 sources agree
• Julie Christmas3 sources agree
• Psychonaut2 sources agree
• Dvne2 sources agree
• Mouth of the Architect2 sources agree

Where the listeners of ListenBrainz, Last.fm and Deezer agree, with the circle of Cult of Luna’s own bands. A source that names other people with the same name is left out.

Live, ahead

• 27 Feb 2027
  Le Bikini · Cult of Luna - Bruit - Youth Code at Le Bikini, Ramonville-Saint-Agne, France
• 5 Mar 2027
  L’Aéronef · Cult of Luna - Bruit - Youth Code at L'Aeronef, Lille, France

Every date and where to buy

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