Poccolus was the first pagan black metal band in Lithuania. It was formed in Utena, Lithuania, in spring/summer of 1993 when thrash/black metal band Nemesis had split-up. Poccolus used to play black metal with pagan subjects, Lithuanian mythology and history. The band name - Poccolus - is derived from a name of an ancient Lithuanian-Prussian pagan mythological god of death, darkness and the underworld, Pikolas.