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Slave to the Scalpel (2021)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Sinner (Unlucky 13th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) (2014)
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The Jester Race (Black Ash-Inheritance Version) (2022)
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Charred Hanging Victim is a raw black metal project operating at the ugliest, most confrontational fringes of the American underground. Primitive production and hostile atmosphere are the defining characteristics of their work.
Pennsylvania's Charred Husk of Pariah delivers raw black metal with a suffocating, nihilistic darkness that places it firmly within the most abrasive corners of the American scene. Their recordings trade in lo-fi ferocity and cold, unmediated aggression.
Charlotte's Charred Remains mines the death metal underground with a grim focus on morbid subject matter and bruising, midpaced heaviness. Their approach reflects the earnest brutality of the American scene's regional backbone.
Formed by drummer Richard Christy and featuring a rotating cast of established heavy metal figures, New York's Charred Walls of the Damned fuses melodic power metal with thrash-inflected intensity and a polished, technically accomplished sound. The project channels the high-energy songwriting sensibility that Christy honed during his years behind the kit in Death and Iced Earth.
Power and speed metal band from Nantes, France, active since 2002. With over two decades of activity, Charter deliver seasoned power-speed metal from the Loire-Atlantique.
Death metal act from the Tuscan city of Siena, active since 2013. Charun — named after the Etruscan demon of the underworld — draws on ancient mythology for their crushing sound.
Indiana's Charybdis forge a hybrid of death metal, groove, and hardcore that refuses easy categorization, with the visceral directness of punk bleeding into extreme metal's more crushing textures. Their sound has a blunt, functional brutality that suits the unpretentious character of the Midwestern underground.
NWOBHM-inspired heavy metal band from Alloa, Scotland, active since 2000. They channel the spirit of classic British heavy metal from the Clackmannanshire region.
NWOBHM-inspired heavy metal band from Ipswich, England, active since 2000. They channel the spirit of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal from Suffolk.
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