Steeped in history, and drenched in Mediterranean sun for large parts of the year, Marseilles is better known for football and hip-hop than it is for metal. Football is not really LANDMVRKS’ thing, but hip-hop certainly is. When vocalist Flo Salfani was growing up in France’s second most populous city, those propulsive beats of the genre felt inescapable. While hip-hop from the UK and U.S. certainly had a large presence, the homegrown variety was even more dominant on the airwaves. At one point, he even had a rap project with his friends. Years later, it remains a touchstone for him and his bandmates – bassist Rudy Purkart and drummer Kévin D’Agostino, who also join K! today – as well as guitarists Nicolas Exposito and Paul “C. Wilson” Cordebard. Eventually, when...