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Slave to the Scalpel (2021)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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AMENRA “De zotte morgen” (written by Zjef Vanuytsel) (2020)
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State Of Unrest (2023)
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Atmospheric black metal project from Geneva, Switzerland, creating music rooted in deep emotions, nature, and folklore. Across albums like The Last Rain and Devoured By The Oak, Can Bardd channels howling mountains and misty forests into intense, heartfelt black metal with folk metal accents.
Black-speed-thrash act from Lisbon, active since 2014. Cães de Guerra — Portuguese for 'dogs of war' — delivers ferocious, war-themed extreme metal from the Portuguese capital.
Cão do Inferno de Quaresma was a short-lived raw black metal project from São Paulo, Brazil, active in 2022–2023 before splitting up. The project was led by Lady Svarta on vocals, with Mask of Darkness handling all instruments, and released a self-titled album in July 2022 as well as appearing on the Podreira Records "4 Way Split" compilation in December 2022.
Death metal act from Moscow, formed in 2021. Cælibatus delivers dark death metal from the Russian capital.
Chicago black and pagan metal band drawing from Celtic mythology and tradition to shape a dark, atmospheric sound. Céide weaves Irish ancestral imagery and pagan themes into cold, riff-heavy black metal from the American Midwest.
Progressive symphonic metal band from Chambery in the French Alps, active since 2009. They blend progressive complexity with symphonic grandeur from the Savoie region.
Cérbero is a power/speed metal band from São Paulo, Brazil, listed on Metal Archives with an active status. The band plays fast, aggressive metal in the power and speed metal tradition and has released material available on Bandcamp. They share a name with a separate split-up thrash metal act from Recife, Pernambuco.
Cérebro de Galinha is a crossover/thrash hardcore band from Marabá, Pará, Brazil, formed around 2015 and operating independently. The band plays aggressive, politically charged material and has released two albums: "Sociedades Secretas" (2018) and "Norte em Chamas" (2021).
Céu em Chamas is a melodic death metal and metalcore band from Itapira, São Paulo, Brazil, formed in 2014. The band draws from a wide range of extreme music including punk, hardcore, grindcore, and thrash while maintaining a melodic core, and released their debut EP "Sopro da Destruição" in 2014 followed by the full-length "Infernal" in 2017, recorded at Black Stone Studio.
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