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Cron Demom is a one-man atmospheric black metal and ambient project from Goiânia, Brazil, created and performed entirely by Alexander Massaini. The project blends atmospheric black metal, DSBM, funeral doom, and ambient influences into a dark, melancholic sound. Cron Demom released its debut album "Satan's Lies" in August 2019 and has since maintained an active presence on Bandcamp with multiple releases.
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.
Lexington, Kentucky groove/sludge outfit Crone channel the Southern underground's taste for thick, swampy riffs and churning mid-tempo aggression into a hard-edged and visceral sound.
Minneapolis doom/drone/sludge band Crone build extended, suffocating soundscapes from the ground up, embracing the glacial pacing and tonal density of the heaviest strains of underground metal.
Houston death/grind act Crone bring short, savage blasts of noise and brutality to the Texas underground, combining the gut-punch of grindcore with straightforward death metal punishment.
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.
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