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Charles Soulz Project is a progressive rock/metal project from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, founded in 2020 by keyboardist and songwriter Charles Soulz. The project draws influence from artists such as Neal Morse, Pain of Salvation, Ayreon, Haken, and Steven Wilson, with lyrics exploring themes of human consciousness and social criticism. Releases include the concept album "Split Mind" (2021) and "Trilogy of Mankind" (2023).
Charlotte Wessels is a Dutch singer-songwriter who spent over fifteen years as the lead vocalist of symphonic metal band Delain before departing in 2021 to pursue a solo career. Her initial solo output, the Tales from Six Feet Under volumes, was recorded at home and distributed via Patreon, before she signed to Napalm Records and released the full-length The Obsession (2024), which featured collaborations with Simone Simons and Alissa White-Gluz. She has since toured extensively with Epica and Amaranthe on arena-sized European runs.
Corbin, Kentucky's Charming Demons blend groove metal's mid-tempo chug with straightforward heavy metal hooks, producing a sound well-suited to the bar stages of rural Appalachia. Their no-nonsense approach prioritizes impact over complexity.
Power and speed metal band from Berlin, Germany, formed in 2020. They channel classic speed metal velocity with power metal hooks and melodic energy.
Fort Smith's Charnal melds black and death metal into a vicious, unpolished hybrid with the raw edge typical of the Arkansas underground. Their recordings favor suffocating density over technical refinement.
Progressive death metal act from Wrocław, formed in 2019. Charnel blends technical complexity with death metal weight from the capital of Lower Silesia.
Charnel Altar is a three-piece blackened death metal band from Adelaide, South Australia. Its demo preceded a split with Carcinoid and the full-length Abatement of the Sun. Those recordings establish the band's combination of black and death metal within Australia's underground heavy music scene.
Polish black metal project formed in 2024. Charnel Aura channels dark, funereal atmospheres through raw black metal.
Florida's Charnel Grounds pursue technical death metal with surgical precision, wielding complex arrangements and intricate fretwork in the tradition of the Sunshine State's storied extreme metal scene. Their compositions reward close listening with layers of dense, disciplined brutality.
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