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Unreasonable Doubt (2024)
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A Love To Kill For (2023)
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Obnoxious (2022)
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Death-thrash metal band from Gomel, Belarus. Their sound merges the technical precision of death metal with the relentless speed of thrash, forging an aggressive and unrelenting approach to extreme music.
Death metal act from Lisbon, active since 2008. Cronaxia has spent nearly two decades delivering death metal from the Portuguese capital.
Northern California black/folk metal act Crone weave pagan atmosphere and acoustic textures into their blasting framework, drawing on nature worship and the wilder traditions of folk-infused extreme metal.
Manning, South Carolina death/doom/sludge outfit Crone Bog drag listeners through mire and rot, stacking funereal slow riffs with the decomposing murk of old-school death metal.
Pennsylvania speed metal band Cronecronaut race through high-velocity riff assaults in the tradition of classic 80s acts, keeping the emphasis on sheer metallic momentum and tightly coiled energy.
Death metal band from London, active since 2013. Named after filmmaker David Cronenberg, they deliver body-horror-themed death metal from the English capital.
Progressive metal act from Bergen, active since 2013. Cronian — connected to members of Borknagar and beyond — crafts expansive, atmospheric progressive metal from western Norway.
Portland, Oregon thrash band Cronic tear through fast-picked aggression and hard-nosed attitude, representing the Pacific Northwest's long-standing love for no-frills heavy metal violence.
Folk metal band from Jaworzno in Upper Silesia, active since 2003. Cronica has spent over two decades weaving folk melodies into heavy metal from the Silesian region.
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