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Olympia, Washington's C Average have been conjuring heavy and doom-laden metal since 1996, drawing on medieval and fantasy themes. They are perhaps best known for performing a live score to the 1922 silent horror film Nosferatu alongside cellist Lori Goldston at the Capitol Theater.
Poughkeepsie death/black metal act C.A.I.N. — the acronym standing for "Christ Aborted in Nativity" — formed in 2000 and released material independently before splitting up.
Eugene, Oregon's C.I.A Hippie Mind Control play a dense strain of psychedelic doom metal and have racked up multiple compilation appearances since 2019, including tracks on The Swamp Records' Crow and Poe collection.
Death-doom metal band from Helsinki, Finland, active since 2013. They merge the crushing weight of doom with death metal aggression from the Finnish capital.
Doom-sludge act from Moscow, active since 2013. C.X. delivers crushing, booze-fueled heaviness from the Russian capital.
Funeral doom metal band from Seville, Spain, formed in 2024. They craft glacially slow, oppressively heavy doom from the Andalusian capital.
Formed in Syracuse, New York in 2017, Cactus Cathedral crafts slow-burning stoner and doom metal weighted with riff-heavy grooves and an earthy, psychedelic undertow.
A sludge and doom outfit from Dover, New Hampshire, Cactus Hag fuses southern-inflected heaviness with slow, grinding tempos and a grimy, feedback-drenched sound.
Hailing from Watertown, New York, Cacus plays stoner and doom metal rooted in thick, mid-paced riffing and a hazy, amplifier-worshipping aesthetic.
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