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Lunatic Soul is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Dead Can Dance, Peter Gabriel, Heilung, Wardruna and Riverside. Those roots explain a lot about how Lunatic Soul arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Mariusz Duda, Amarok, OSI, Anathema and Weather Systems, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Altogether the chart holds 14 connections around Lunatic Soul, reaching back through Dead Can Dance. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Lunatic Soul is a progressive rock side-project founded by Riverside vocalist and bass guitarist Mariusz Duda in 2008. Originally conceived to allow him to explore genres outside of rock, the project was described by Duda in 2014 as progressive, ambient, oriental, and electronic. Lunatic Soul has released eight albums to date. The most recent, The World Under Unsun, came out in October 2025.
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Lunatic Soul grew out of Dead Can Dance, Peter Gabriel, Heilung and Wardruna, shares an orbit with Mariusz Duda, Amarok, OSI and Anathema. 14 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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