Inquisitor
Lithuania · formed 2002 · last active 2014
Inquisitor were a Vilnius, Lithuania avant-garde black metal band active 2002-2016, best known for the concept album The Quantum Theory of Id (2010), a four-part metaphysical narrative pairing harsh black-metal riffing with jazzy/spooky acoustic piano and disjointed, technical song structures. A 2014 follow-up, Clinamen | Episteme, continued in the same 'progressive, complex and extremely dynamic blackened metal' vein. They are a niche entry in the Lithuanian black metal underground with no documented ties to other EMMA atlas acts.
SCORE PROFILE
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WHY THOSE SCORES
- Jazzy 4 — Album description notes piano elements that are 'often jazzy or spooky' rather than smoothing the black-metal intensity (inquisitor.bandcamp.com/album/the-quantum-theory-of-id)
- Theatrical 3 — Debut album is a conceptual four-movement metaphysical narrative following 'the Traveler' through determinism vs. indeterminism, presented in a 16-page digipack booklet (inquisitor.bandcamp.com/album/the-quantum-theory-of-id)
- Ambient 3 — Bandcamp track tags for 'Infimum' include 'ambient' and 'noise ambient' alongside avant-garde/symphonic black metal (inquisitor.bandcamp.com/track/infimum)
MEMBERS
- Lordkeyboards, vocals
- Nykuguitars
- Skol (Saulius Bielskis)guitars
- Mind Architecbass
- GarLoqdrums
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