Libitina is a British

United Kingdom

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 Gothic

Gothic rock

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 band formed in 1994 by University of Sheffield

University of Sheffield

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 students. The band has released five albums on its own Libation Records label. Originally formed as a four-piece with Danny on vocals, the band pared down to a three-piece in early 1996. From 1996-2002, Libitina were Pete (main vocals, programming, guitar), Darren (guitar), and Jamie (bass guitar, vocals, programming). Phill joined on keyboards in 2002 and took over lead vocals after Pete left the band at the end of that year. Band members from 2003 to 2006 were Darren (guitar, programming), Jamie (bass guitar, programming, vocals), and Phill (vocals, programming, guitar, bass guitar).

The band's appearances include The Whitby Gothic Weekend

Whitby Gothic Weekend

Whitby Gothic Weekend, often abbreviated to WGW or simply referred to by attendees as Whitby, is a twice-yearly festival for goths, in Whitby, North Yorkshire, England, organised by Jo Hampshire who runs Top Mum Promotions.-Event history:...

 (Whitby

Whitby

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, UK, 1997, 2004), The Sacrosanct Festival (LA2

Mean Fiddler

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, London, UK, 1997), Infest

Infest (festival)

Infest is an annual three day music festival held at the University of Bradford Union in the United Kingdom, featuring alternative electronic music acts from genres including industrial, EBM, futurepop, synthpop and power noise...

 (Bradford

Bradford

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, UK, 2000), Euro-Rock Indoor Festival (Antwerp, Belgium, 2002), LeFantastique.Night VI (Brussels

Brussels

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, Belgium, 2003), and Lumous Festival (Tampere

Tampere

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, Finland, 2006).

Releases

• 1997 - A Closer Communion
• 2001 - Weltanschauung
• 2003 - The Shadowline
• 2004 - Reflections & Refractions
• 2006 - Parhelion

External links

• The Official Website for Libitina