Lunacy

Lunacy is a name used by several different bands, but the act identified here is a black metal band from Russia. The name also appears in connection with a Swiss thrash metal band from Wettswil, an American pagan folk duo, a Japanese visual kei band that later becomes LUNA SEA, an American punk band from South Bay, California, a Swedish death metal band based in Linköping, and a raw black metal/DSBM band from Seattle, Washington.

Russian black metal line-up

As the Russian black metal act, Lunacy sits within black metal rather than the other styles associated with the name. No further confirmed line-up details, releases, or dates are given for this version of the band.

Other acts with the same name

The Swiss Lunacy is a thrash metal band from Wettswil that issues eight releases between 1988 and 2004. It begins with two demos in 1988 and 1989, then releases the EP Sickness in 1990 on Suffering Records. The band follows with the full-length albums Face no More in 1992 on Magic Records and Believe? in 1993 on Suffering Records, before a brief hiatus. It later puts out the EP Grey Silence on SPV Records in 1997, self-releases Fairytales of a New Breed in 2000, and releases its third full-length album, N.I.N.E., in 2004.

The American Lunacy is a pagan folk duo active in the early 1990s. Its songs are mainly a cappella, with some drum use, and its lyrics are heavily pagan and gay themed. It releases two cassettes: Lunacy in 1990 and Hand of Desire in 1992.

Another Lunacy is a Japanese visual kei band that later changes its name to LUNA SEA; the name Lunacy applies to its early demo tapes only. The name also belongs to an American punk band from South Bay, California, a Swedish death metal band based in Linköping, and a raw black metal/DSBM band from Seattle, Washington.