Morbikon are a Richmond, Virginia blackened death/thrash project led by Phil “Landphil” Hall of Municipal Waste and Cannabis Corpse. Drawing heavily from the second wave of ’90s Scandinavian black metal and melodic death metal, the band fuse icy atmosphere, furious riffing, blast beats, and old-school extremity into something both vicious and cinematic. Following 2022’s Ov Mournful Twilight, Morbikon returned with Lost Within the Astral Crypts, pushing their sound into darker, faster, and more visceral territory.