Celestia was a French black metal band from Avignon, formed in 1995 by Noktu.
Celestia remained in the demo stage until around 1999 when they released the EP A Cave Full of Bats through Drakkar Productions with a lineup consisting of Noktu (vocals, bass) and Fureïss/Franck (guitar).
Fureïss was the only guitarist for Celestia from 1998 to 2005, i.e. from the promo tape A Dying Out Ecstasy (1998) until the second mix of the 2002 album Apparitia Sumptuous Spectre in 2005, and he composed half the songs (the other half by Noktu) and arranged and recorded all the tracks on Celestia during this time.
With the drummer Astreyla, who had previously left the band, they recorded Celestia's second album Frigidiis Apotheosia : Abstinencia Genesiis, released in 2008 through Apparitia Records; they generally kept the same minimalistic black metal sound.
Various session drummers and guitarists were brought in for rehearsals, recordings and live shows.