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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Arlington Heights, Illinois black/death band Cromlech traffic in cold, dissonant extremity rooted in the uncompromising traditions of underground Midwestern metal.
Technical death metal act from Slagharen in Overijssel, formed in 2021. Cromm Cruac — named after an Irish pagan deity — delivers intricate death metal from rural eastern Netherlands.
Death-thrash metal band from Gomel, Belarus. Their sound merges the technical precision of death metal with the relentless speed of thrash, forging an aggressive and unrelenting approach to extreme music.
Death metal act from Lisbon, active since 2008. Cronaxia has spent nearly two decades delivering death metal from the Portuguese capital.
Houston death/grind act Crone bring short, savage blasts of noise and brutality to the Texas underground, combining the gut-punch of grindcore with straightforward death metal punishment.
Manning, South Carolina death/doom/sludge outfit Crone Bog drag listeners through mire and rot, stacking funereal slow riffs with the decomposing murk of old-school death metal.
Death metal band from London, active since 2013. Named after filmmaker David Cronenberg, they deliver body-horror-themed death metal from the English capital.
Denver death metal act Cronos Compulsion deliver punishing, precise brutality with the technical edge that defines the Colorado underground scene's approach to extreme music.
Cronos N.T. is a death metal band from São Paulo, Brazil, active since 2018. The band released the single "Last Medjai" in October 2020, a track drawing inspiration from the Assassin's Creed Origins character Bayek, previewing their album "Acto Omega". They operate as an independent act within the São Paulo underground metal scene.
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