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Chifre Negro is a black metal band from São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil, formed in 2015. The band operates independently within the Brazilian extreme metal underground and is listed as active on the Metal Archives. Their name translates to "Black Horn" in Portuguese.
Child o' Flames is a melodic thrash/death metal band from Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil, formed in the mid-2000s. The band draws heavily from melodic death metal and has shared stages with international acts such as Sepultura, Misfits, Biohazard, Suicidal Tendencies, and Grave Digger. In 2020 they returned from a hiatus with the single "Reach Out The Sky" and the album "A New Rising," which was nominated in the Best Album category at Brazil's Roadie Crew annual awards.
Children of Elara is an independent progressive/doom metal band from Paraná, Brazil, formed in 2017. The band blends crushing riffs with atmospheric, melancholic textures, drawing on themes of isolation and cosmic sorrow. They are listed on Encyclopaedia Metallum as an active unsigned act and release their music through their Bandcamp page.
Childslave is a Chilean black metal solo project that describes its output as "Miserable Black Metal," drawing on poetry by Charles Baudelaire for song titles and lyrical themes. Their self-titled debut tape, originally pressed in a limited edition of 50 copies, was released in June 2024 and spans twelve tracks across roughly 44 minutes of bleak, lo-fi black metal.
Chimaera was a progressive metal band from Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The band is documented on Encyclopaedia Metallum and has since split up, leaving behind a small catalog of progressive metal material released during their active years.
Choke is a groove/death metal and grindcore band from Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil. Signed to Top Music Brazil, the band's lyrical themes center on death, misery, and social unrest, and their early releases include the demo "Dictatorshit Holocaust from Third World" (1999) and the split CD "Manifest" (2001) with STN, followed by "Slum Radio" in 2003.
Choque is a thrash/groove metal band from Santa Catarina, Brazil, formed in 2017. The band is active in the underground Brazilian metal scene and releases music independently through Bandcamp.
Choronzonic is a black metal band from Patos de Minas, Minas Gerais, Brazil. The band released the EP "Where Evil Dwells" in April 2019, a three-track release with lyrics in both Portuguese and English built around Satanic and occult themes. They release music independently through Bandcamp and are documented on Encyclopaedia Metallum.
Chowy Fernandez is a progressive metal project from Buenos Aires, Argentina, led by a guitarist who has been playing for over 28 years. The project has released several instrumental albums including "Hypersalto" (2020), "Enki" (2021), "Triste Viento" (2022), and "ENLIL" (2022), all released independently. Chowy Fernandez also serves as guitarist for the Argentine metal band Barro, where he recorded alongside Marco Minnemann of The Aristocrats.
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