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Rarities 1991 - 2001 (2024)
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Queens death-thrash outfit Charnel House drew from New York's fertile extreme metal soil, combining the aggression of early thrash with the morbid textures of death metal. Their approach reflects the raw intensity that defined the New York underground in the genre's formative years.
Death metal band from Helsinki, Finland, formed in 2022. They channel charnel darkness through death metal from the Finnish capital.
Death metal act from Stockholm and Karlstad, formed in 2024. Charnel Stench delivers morbid, old-school death metal from two Swedish cities.
Black metal band from Virrat, Finland, active since 2011. They craft atmospheric, wintry black metal from the remote Finnish countryside.
Atmospheric sludge metal and post-rock quartet from the Waasland region of Belgium, active since 2014. Their debut 'Dageraad,' recorded in the woods of Daknam and released through Consouling Sounds, blends ambient textures with crushing doom and drone.
Death metal band from Marseille, France, formed in 2017. Their name meaning charnel house in French, Charnier deliver putrid death metal from the Mediterranean port city.
Black metal band from the Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes region, France, formed in 2017. Their name meaning carrion in French, Charogne channel decay and darkness through raw black metal.
Englewood's Charon plays thrash metal with the blunt force and speed-obsessed energy that flourished in Florida's scene alongside its more globally recognized death metal movement. Their sound is rooted in classic late-80s thrash without much concession to modern production trends.
Denver's Charon Kruk occupies the blackened death metal space with a sound that is dense, grim, and deliberately claustrophobic. The project leans into ugliness as an aesthetic virtue, favoring atmosphere forged through abrasion.
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