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Cesspool of Genocide is a New Jersey-based black/death metal act combining the cold hostility of black metal with the crushing brutality of death metal. Their extreme approach draws on the underground traditions of both genres.
Sludge metal band from the Berlin/Leipzig corridor, formed in 2022. They deliver thick, oppressive sludge from two of eastern Germany's largest cultural centers.
Cetacean is a Los Angeles, California doom and sludge metal band building massive, slow-moving compositions out of grinding riffs and oppressive low-end heaviness. Their sound evokes the oceanic enormity suggested by their name, blending Southern-inflected sludge with crushing doom.
Black-doom project from Västmanland, formed in 2022. Cethegus — named after a Roman conspirator — merges atmospheric black metal with doom pacing.
Heavy and power metal band from Poznań, active since 2010. CETI has spent over fifteen years delivering anthemic traditional metal from the capital of Greater Poland.
Cetragore is a Quincy, Massachusetts death/thrash metal band combining the speed and riff intensity of thrash with the brutality and aggression of death metal. Their tight, energetic playing reflects the strong New England underground metal tradition.
Cetus is a Ventura, California band merging black and death metal extremity into a ferocious, uncompromising sound drawing on both genres' most aggressive elements. Their work captures the raw, underground energy of the California extreme metal scene.
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Dutch black metal project formed in 2014. Cexyst channels enigmatic black metal atmospheres.
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