Country of origin:
Lithuania
Location:
Utena
Status:
Active
Formed in:
1993
Genre:
Pagan Black Metal
Lyrical themes:
Paganism
Current label:
Inferna Profundus Records
Years active:
1993-1997, 2009-present
The band name - Poccolus - is derived from a name of an ancient Lithuanian-Prussian pagan mythological god of death, darkness and the underworld, Pikolas.
Poccolus was the first pagan black metal band in Lithuania. It was formed in Utena, Lithuania, in spring of 1993 when thrash/black metal band Nemesis had split-up to Nahash and Poccolus.
The band's main person, Ramūnas Peršonis, used to ...