Ludicra

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{{Short description|American band}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Ludicra

| image = LudicraBand.jpg

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| image_upright = 1.2

| origin = San Francisco, California, U.S.

| genre = {{hlist|Black metal|avant-garde metal|post-metal|blackgaze}}

| years_active = 1998–2011, 2022

| label = Alternative Tentacles, Profound Lore

| associated_acts =

| website = {{URL|ludicra.org}}

| current_members =

| past_members =

}}

Ludicra is an American heavy metal band from San Francisco.{{cite web|last=York |first=William |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/ludicra-p532176/biography |title=Ludicra |publisher=AllMusic |date=July 22, 2002 |accessdate=October 13, 2011}} They originally formed in 1998 as a quartet and later expanded to five members. In 2011, the band announced on their official website that they had disbanded,[http://www.ludicra.org/ Official Ludicra web site] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011218183750/http://www.ludicra.org/ |date=December 18, 2001 }} but they reunited in 2022.

Ludicra's sound has been described as black metal and avant-garde metal.{{cite web|last=Smith|first=Chris|title=Rehab of a strung-out musical scene|url=http://www.sanfranmag.com/story/rehab-of-a-strung-out-musical-scene|publisher=San Francisco Magazine|accessdate=October 13, 2011|date=July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002172725/http://www.sanfranmag.com/story/rehab-of-a-strung-out-musical-scene|archive-date=October 2, 2011|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|last=Smith|first=Chris|title=Our avant-garde metal scene|url=http://www.ca-smith.net/blog/2011/07/our-avant-garde-metal-scene/|publisher=ca-smith.net|accessdate=October 13, 2011|date=July 6, 2011}} Influences include bands such as Darkthrone, Gorgoroth, Dødheimsgard and Bethlehem, and genres like thrash metal, doom metal, punk and folk.{{cite web|url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/feature.php?ID=2073 |title=Into the Void: Stylus Magazine's Beginner's Guide to Metal |last1=Lee |first1=Cosmo |last2=Voegtlin |first2=Stewart |publisher=Stylus Magazine |accessdate=May 17, 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091002014122/http://www.stylusmagazine.com/feature.php?ID=2073 |archivedate=October 2, 2009 }}

The group included current and former members of other San Francisco-based bands such as Impaled, Hammers of Misfortune, Tallow, Missile Command, Ominum and punk band Hickey. They shared the stage with Impaled, Total Shutdown, the Fucking Champs and Krallice.

The band reunited in 2022, and performed at the Northwest Terror Fest in Seattle and at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco.{{cite news | last =Pehling | first =Dave | title = Reunited SF black metal band Ludicra plays Great American Music Hall | newspaper =CBS News | location = | pages = | language = | publisher = | date =November 8, 2022 | url = https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/sanfrancisco/news/reunited-sf-black-metal-band-ludicra-plays-great-american-music-hall/| accessdate = November 14, 2022 }}