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Dakhma
- Country of origin:
- Switzerland
- Location:
- Zurich
- Status:
- Active
- Formed in:
- 2014
- Genre:
- Blackened Death Metal
- Lyrical themes:
- Zoroastrian rituals, Afterlife
- Current label:
- Iron Bonehead Productions
- Years active:
- 2014-present
| Kerberos | Everything (2014-present) |
| See also: Lykhaeon, Solitudo Solemnis | |
| H.A.T.T. | Drums (2016-present) |
| See also: Solitudo Solemnis, Suamanucaedere, Tardigrada, Guignol Noir (live) | |
The band is affiliated with the Helvetic Underground Committee.
Dakhma (Avestan for "grave") is a term for a ''Tower of Silence'' (which is an English neologism), a circular, raised structure used by Zoroastrians for exposure of the dead, particularly to scavenging birds for the purposes of excarnation (although in the Avesta, the term is pejorative and does ...