Music like Xanthochroid

Xanthochroid is an American progressive black metal band formed in Lake Forest, California. The band was created around January 2005 and has gained international critical acclaim with the release of their first two albums, as well as a growing fan base in the underground music community, with more than 5,500,000 views in their YouTube channel, over 100,000 scrobbles in Last.fm, and 20,000+ likes on their official Facebook page.

The band's current line-up includes founder (and only member remaining from the initial line-up) Sam Meador (keyboards, acoustic guitar, vocals), Matthew Carl Earl (drums and percussion, flutes, vocals), lead guitarist Brent Vallefuoco, David Bodenhoefer (second guitar) and bassist Bryan Huizenga, who joined the band in 2012, after former bassist William Culver III, who worked as a veterinary assistant, left the band to study abroad and finish college.