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People Watching (2024)
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L'Enfant Sauvage (Special Edition) (2012)
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The Necrotic Manifesto (Bonus Tracks Edition) (2023)
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Among the Shadows (2024)
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Cenotaph is a thrash metal band from Tulsa, Oklahoma, delivering Bay Area-influenced thrash built on crunching riff patterns and melodic soloing, with a career reflecting a consistent commitment to classic American thrash values.
French heavy metal band with roots dating to 1982, making them one of the earliest heavy metal acts in France. They are pioneers of the French metal scene.
Blackened death-thrash band from Gradisca d'Isonzo in Gorizia province, formed in 2019. Censura delivers a volatile mix of extreme subgenres from the Slovenian border region of Friuli.
Centaurus is a progressive metal band from Chicago, Illinois, crafting ambitious, layered compositions that draw from the technical and conceptual traditions of Queensrÿche and Dream Theater, with extended song structures and a strong emphasis on melodic instrumental interplay.
Centaurus was a doom metal band from Franca, São Paulo, Brazil. The group is documented on Metal Archives and released material during their active period, including a split release and a demo cassette titled Awakening recorded in Franca. The band was unsigned and operated independently throughout their existence before splitting up.
Technical death-thrash metal band from Bonn, Germany, formed in 2018. They blend technical precision and complex arrangements with the speed and ferocity of death-thrash.
Centenary is a death metal band from Detroit, Michigan, playing dark and heavy old-school death metal with dense riffing and a raw production style that recalls the earliest days of the American death metal underground.
Power metal band from Tours, France, formed in 2020. They deliver melodic, anthemic power metal from the Loire Valley.
Centennial is a doom metal band from the ABC Paulista region of greater São Paulo, Brazil, with roots tracing back to 1995. The band plays traditional doom metal that departs from the guttural vocal approach common in extreme metal, instead incorporating elements from the classic doom school, and released an album in 1999. The act has remained unsigned and independent throughout its history.
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