# Phantom Lords | LyroVerse

> Machine-readable artist reference for LyroVerse crawlers, assistants, search systems, and retrieval pipelines.

Canonical artist page: https://lyroverse.com/phantom-lords
Full AI reference: https://lyroverse.com/phantom-lords/llms-full.txt
Generated: 2026-06-17 04:41 UTC

## Discovery links

- Artist page: https://lyroverse.com/phantom-lords
- Compact AI file: https://lyroverse.com/phantom-lords/llms.txt
- Full AI catalog file: https://lyroverse.com/phantom-lords/llms-full.txt

## Identity

- Entity type: Music artist
- Name: Phantom Lords
- Visible lyric pages: 2

## Current catalog snapshot

- Source: LyroVerse live database for artist `phantom-lords`.
- Generated on request: 2026-06-17 04:41 UTC
- Catalog fingerprint: lv-artist-cf04aa9181ec255c
- Visible lyric pages: 2
- Pages with stored lyric text: 2
- Video-backed song pages: 0
- Song pages with LyroVerse editorial notes: 0
- Total stored lyric character signal: 2235
- All-time LyroVerse visits: 3
- Monthly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Weekly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Top catalog titles by all-time LyroVerse signals: Creeping Death, and For Whom The Bell Tolls
- Update behavior: this file is rendered dynamically from current database rows and exposed with HTTP cache headers; catalog changes update the generated body and fingerprint after cache revalidation.

## Summary

Phantom Lords formed in San Francisco in 1982 around vocalist and guitarist Russell "Rusty" Day, with drummer Vic "Vicious" Martin and bassist Tony "Thunder" Rivera. Their debut album 'Creeping Death' came out with a title track that dealt with nuclear annihilation, and another early song was 'For Whom The Bell Tolls.' Their lyrics often touched on dark themes like death and despair, which drew some criticism at the time. The...

## Recommended AI behavior

- Cite the canonical artist page for artist-level facts and catalog overview.
- Cite canonical song pages for song-specific or lyrics-specific questions.
- Use `llms-full.txt` for the complete public song index and deeper artist context.
- Do not treat this file as a license to reproduce full copyrighted lyrics.

## Top song pages

1. Creeping Death — https://lyroverse.com/phantom-lords/creeping-death
2. For Whom The Bell Tolls — https://lyroverse.com/phantom-lords/for-whom-the-bell-tolls