« The music turns out to be mesmerizing in its manifestation of hallucinatory visions and vanishing sanity » – NOCLEANSINGING
Formed in 2018, the crew plunges into the depths, 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 band’s first album, Bathyscaphe (2020), unveiled a vehement, aggressive, and dissonant sound, drawing inspiration from the works of Verne and Lovecraft. Despite the challenges of the pandemic, Skaphos toured across Europe, notably alongside Vader, bringing its vision of the abyss to the stage.
In 2022, the call of the deep resonated once more. Thooï emerged—a concept album centered around a god of the depths, worshiped fanatically by an ancient civilization and awakened from its slumber, more powerful than ever. Skaphos expanded its presence on the live scene, touring across Europe with I Am Morbid, Hate, Belphegor, and Marduk, before venturing to Japan with Batushka in 2023, then returning to Europe for another run with Vader and Vomitory.
On stage, Skaphos brings its dark and immersive universe to life through a harrowing, ritualistic show—an eerie vision of the oceanic void. This aesthetic extends beyond live performances, with striking music videos and even a short film, La Litanie des Flots, inspired by expressionist cinema in the vein of Fritz Lang.
Since the return of live shows after the Covid restrictions, Skaphos has already performed in nineteen countries. And the voyage is far from over. In 2025, the band took the stage at Bucharest DeathFest before setting sail on a European tour with Vader. From the darkest trenches, the third album, Cult of Uzura, was released this year under Transcending Obscurity Records.
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