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Heavy metal band from Bakel in North Brabant, active since 2013. Chronic Noise delivers straightforward traditional metal from the southern Netherlands.
Chronicode is a heavy metal band from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, formed in 2016 and currently on hold. The band features a lineup including vocalist Mariana Figueiredo and guitarists Julia Pombo and Celo Oliveira, and operated as an independent act with themes centered on fighting spirit, personal change, and the consequences of wrongdoing.
Heavy metal band from Lyon, France, active since 2004. With two decades of activity, Chronique deliver seasoned heavy metal from France's second city.
Fargo, North Dakota's Chronocide brings groove metal's locked-in rhythmic chug to the Great Plains, fusing it with traditional heavy metal songcraft. Their music is accessible but heavy, built for arenas their region rarely hosts.
Heavy and power metal band from Szolnok, Hungary, formed in 2023. Chronology channels classic European power metal traditions with anthemic energy.
Heavy metal band from Dortmund, Germany, active since 2007. They deliver steadfast, riff-driven heavy metal from the Ruhr Valley with nearly two decades of experience.
Chronos is a heavy/thrash metal band from Santiago with roots stretching back to 1983, when founders Claudio Martínez and José Ihnen formed the group that would release the influential "Medieval Tales" demo (1986) and the album "A Dónde Vas" (1989) before disbanding. The band reunited and resumed activity in 2007, releasing the self-titled full-length "ChronoS" in 2009; drummer Eduardo "Topo" Topelberg, a member across multiple eras, also played in fellow Santiago institution Pentagram Chile.
Philadelphia's Chulainns Hound draws on Celtic mythology and traditional heavy metal song structures to craft doom-tinged metal with an old-world character. Their music blends the weight of doom with the accessibility of classic heavy metal.
Chum formed in Huntington, West Virginia in 1992, founded by vocalist and guitarist John Lancaster and drummer Chuck Nicholas following the dissolution of their previous band Guru Lovechild. The band released their debut album Dead to the World, recorded beginning in November 1995, which circulated in the regional hard rock and heavy metal underground. Their early output also included two self-financed cassette EPs, Postblisstheory and Godgiven, both from 1994.
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