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Black metal band from Minsk, Belarus, founded in 2019 as a five-piece. Their releases The Tread of Darkness and Agony Blasphemy deliver darkness-themed black metal steeped in occult and nihilistic imagery.
Cienaga was a sludge metal band from Rosario, Argentina, whose lineup featured vocalist Isidro Martinez, guitarist Facundo Pereyra, bassist Luciano Dupuy, and drummer Juan Cruz Algaraña. The band recorded their self-titled debut at Sala Elefante in 2017, though the five-track album was not released until 2023, making it a posthumous document of their dense, slow-burning sound.
Raw black metal project from Kętrzyn in the Masurian region, formed in 2020. Cierń — Polish for 'thorn' — channels lo-fi, abrasive black metal from northeastern Poland.
Black metal act from Kraków, active since 2010. Cień — Polish for 'shadow' — has spent over fifteen years crafting atmospheric black metal from the former royal capital.
Cifer is a speed and thrash metal one-man project from São Paulo, Brazil, formed in 2018 by multi-instrumentalist Henrique Perestrelo, who has also played in bands such as Blasthrash, Flagelador, and Infected. The project draws on 80s and early 90s influences including Exodus, Kreator, Sodom, Accept, and Mercyful Fate, and released the debut album "The Summoning" in 2019.
Raleigh, North Carolina sludge metal act Cigarettesmokingman drag their songs through thick, tar-slow tempos and corrosive guitar tones that owe as much to southern atmosphere as to extreme metal. Their music feels as worn and relentless as the name suggests.
Progressive metal band from Sheffield, England, formed in 2020. They craft intricate compositions from the Steel City.
Cihoze is a Brazilian death/thrash metal project based in the Brasília/Goiás area, formed in 2020. The duo — Igor "Skullthrash" Gomes on guitar and vocals and Iury "Stringbreaker" Morais on bass and drums — released their debut album "Pesadelo da Realidade" in July 2020, recorded at Witchtrap Studios in Brasília.
New Orleans doom/stoner/sludge band Cikada channel the murky, humid atmosphere of their city into sprawling, fuzz-drenched compositions that sit at the intersection of southern sludge and psychedelic doom. Their sound draws naturally from the well of Eyehategod and Crowbar.
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