Country of origin: Canada Location: Montréal, Quebec Status: Active Formed in: 2007 Genre: Heavy/Doom Metal Lyrical themes: Horror, Occultism, Fantasy, Freedom Current label: Nuclear War Now! Productions Years active: 2007-present Cauchemar is French for "nightmare". Cauchemar is a French-Canadian heavy metal band founded in 2007. Its music is distinguished by its doom metal and hard rock influences, and by the mystical french-language singing of Annick Giroux.