Dakhma

Black/death metal act from Switzerland. Affiliated with the Helvetic Underground Committee along with Arkhaaik, Kvelgeyst, Lykhaeon and Ungfell. 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 not signify a construction of any kind).