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Masters of Morbidity (2022)
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No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Black speed metal project from Ukraine, formed in 2022. Creepotura channels high-velocity blackened extremity.
Chicago black and thrash metal band fusing the icy venom of black metal with thrash's speed and sharpness. Creepshow brings a dark, aggressive edge to the already ferocious Chicago metal underground.
Cremasma is a black metal band from Sumaré, São Paulo, Brazil, originally active from 2012 to 2014 before reforming in 2023. The band plays raw black metal with anti-Christian and misanthropic themes, and released a demo in May 2023 as an independent digital release.
Cremation Pyre is a three-piece thrash/black/death metal band from Santiago, Chile, active since the late 2010s. The band recorded their rehearsal session "The Flame Begins" in 2018 and followed it with their self-titled EP in September 2019, which was recorded and mixed by B. Barrantes at Necrotic Studios, featuring original material alongside a cover of Schizo's "Electric Shock".
Cremator is a thrash/black metal band from Derqui, in the greater Buenos Aires province of Argentina, active within the Argentine underground metal circuit since 2013. The band appeared on the "Legion Thrasher Compilation - Argentina Thrash Metal Underground Vol. I" released by Overflesh Records in a limited hand-numbered edition of 250 cassettes, sharing space with acts including Tungsteno, Prozak, and Ammentia.
Tempe, Arizona's Crematorium explore the slow and suffocating overlap of black metal atmosphere and drone metal stasis. Their desert-forged sound is minimal and oppressive, shaped by the bleakness of the Southwest landscape.
Venomous Progressive Death / Black Metal from Fort Worth.
Melodic black metal project from Ski, just south of Oslo, formed in 2019. Creperium channels atmospheric, melody-driven black metal.
Black metal act from Oslo, active since 2011. Creperum delivers dark, atmospheric black metal from the Norwegian capital.
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