Reliquia are a five-piece from Manchester who make dark, heavy, atmospheric music: arpeggiated guitars, heavy low end, and vocals that move from restrained baritone to raw scream. Formed in 2023, the band fuse post-punk, doom, post-metal and dark indie into something that calls to mind Nick Cave, Depeche Mode and The Cure as much as Amenra, Cult of Luna, Wovenhand and Chelsea Wolfe. The songs deal in loss, isolation, grief and resolve, examined through an occult and queer lens. Their debut album In Theory and Practice arrived in May 2026, mixed and mastered by Joe Clayton (Pijn, Conjurer, Ba'al) at Nø Studio in Manchester, with artwork by Chris Kiesling. It drew reviews across the UK, Europe and the US, including a 9.2 from Atanathos in Spain, who called the band "the new chroniclers of the British emotional desert". Physical release via Matriarch Records, September 2026.
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Reliquia plays a dark blend of gothic metal, doom metal, and post-punk featuring arpeggiated guitars and heavy low-end atmospheres. Follow Reliquia on Mood.
Reliquia are a five-piece band formed in Manchester, UK in 2023.
Reliquia released their debut album, In Theory and Practice, through Matriarch Records.
