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Ride the Flatline (feat. Jami Morgan & Code Orange) (2024)
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Soundtrack to Your Escape (The Quiet Place Version) (2022)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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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.
Cronofobia is a depressive black metal and rock one-man project from San José, Costa Rica, formed in 2024 under the current name after operating as Daemon from 2021 to 2023. The project released the EP Missmod och hopplöshet in 2024 alongside several singles, with themes of loneliness, depression, and pain running throughout the material. Cronofobia operates independently and releases all music digitally through Bandcamp.
Denver death metal act Cronos Compulsion deliver punishing, precise brutality with the technical edge that defines the Colorado underground scene's approach to extreme music.
Cronos N.T. is a death metal band from São Paulo, Brazil, active since 2018. The band released the single "Last Medjai" in October 2020, a track drawing inspiration from the Assassin's Creed Origins character Bayek, previewing their album "Acto Omega". They operate as an independent act within the São Paulo underground metal scene.
Speed-thrash metal band from Erlangen, Germany, active since 1995. With three decades of history, Cronos Titan are seasoned veterans of the Franconian speed-thrash scene.
Black metal project from Genoa, formed in 2021. Cronoth crafts raw black metal from the Ligurian port city.
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