Lightning Swords of Death is an American black metal

Black metal

Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. Common traits include fast tempos, shrieked vocals, highly distorted guitars played with tremolo picking, blast beat drumming, raw recording, and unconventional song structure....

 band formed in 2003 by vocalist Autarch and guitarist Roskva in Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...

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Lightning Swords of Death signed a record deal with Metal Blade Records

Metal Blade Records

Metal Blade Records is a record label which was founded by Brian Slagel in 1982. The U.S. corporate office for Metal Blade is located in Agoura Hills, California. It also has offices in Arizona, Germany, Japan, Canada, and the UK. The label is distributed in the U.S. by Sony BMG Music...

 in 2009 and continued to push their music through their DIY attitude, getting multiple tracks on the PSP

PSP

PSP most commonly refers to the PlayStation Portable, a handheld game console produced by Sony Computer Entertainment.PSP may also refer to:-Computing and programming:*Corel Paint Shop Pro, a graphics editor...

 game Undead Knights

Undead Knights

Undead Knights is a PlayStation Portable exclusive game developed by Tecmo, based on a medieval setting where the player is basically a zombie-creating overlord...

 as well as a track featured on the soundtrack for the 2009 film The Stepfather.

Studio albums

• The Golden Plague (2007)
• The Extra Dimensional Wound (2010) Metal Blade Records
  Metal Blade Records
  Metal Blade Records is a record label which was founded by Brian Slagel in 1982. The U.S. corporate office for Metal Blade is located in Agoura Hills, California. It also has offices in Arizona, Germany, Japan, Canada, and the UK. The label is distributed in the U.S. by Sony BMG Music...
  
  

Current members

• Autarch (Farron Loathing) - Vocals
• Roskva (Jeremy Stramaglio) - Guitar
• Menno - Bass
• Thrudvang - Drums