Fantômas

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Formed 1998.

avant-garde metal supergroup

Fantomas Bob King/Redferns

Biography

Fantômas is an American experimental metal supergroup, formed in 1998 in California. The band is named after Fantômas, a supervillain featured in a series of crime novels popular in France before World War I and in film, most notably in the 60s French movie series.

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