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Xasthur is an United States|American one-man black metal Band (music)|band formed in 1995 by Scott Conner, who goes by the pseudonym "Malefic".<ref>{{cite web | title=Read more about Xasthur (US) | work=Encyclopaedia Metallum | url=http://www.metal-archives.com/more.php?id=4936 | accessdate=2007-06-14</ref> Although similar in terms of Low fidelity|low-fi production and the wearing of corpse paint, musically and lyrically Xasthur's focus is usually not on paganism, Satanism or anti-Christian blasphemy â€“ as is common in the genre â€“ but rather on astral projection, darkness, wiktionary:despair|despair, suicide, hate, and death.

Malefic has toured with Sunn O))) and has joined Nachtmystium on stage,<ref> Some video clips of these performances are available on YouTube. </ref> but stated in an interview for Pitchfork Media that he "will always keep Xasthur a band that will not play live."<ref>{{cite web | title=Column: Show No Mercy: Interview - Malefic | work=Pitchfork Media | url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/38463/Show_No_Mercy | accessdate=2007-01-14</ref>

Etymology
The name "Xasthur" is a combination of "Hastur|Xastur" and "Xenaoth". Malefic explains that he found the former name in a Necronomicon paperback and believes it refers to "a demoness who kills people in ... read all