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Chthonic
Released 2006

Exulant Suicide
05:04
936 plays

Bloody Gaya Fulfilled [Live][Multimedia Track]
06:40
917 plays

Exultant Suicide
05:02
848 plays

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- 2
- Indigenous Laceration
- 04:06
- 1,805 plays

- 3
- Enthrone
- 01:04
- 1,988 plays

- 3
- Quasi Putrefaction [Multimedia Track]
- 01:01
- 194 plays

- 4
- Bloody Gaya Fulfilled [Live][Multimedia Track]
- 06:40
- 917 plays

- 5
- Progeny Of Rmdax Tasing
- 04:36
- 2,500 plays

- 6
- Where The Utux Ancestors Wait
- 05:36
- 1,140 plays

- 6
- Indingenous Laceration
- 04:06
- 373 plays

- 7
- Exulant Suicide
- 05:04
- 936 plays

- 8
- Bloody Gaya Fulfilled
- 06:41
- 1,368 plays

- 9
- The Gods Weep
- 05:56
- 1,905 plays

- 11
- Exultant Suicide
- 05:02
- 848 plays

- 12
- Banished Into Death
- 03:50
- 1,390 plays

- 13
- Quasi Putrefaction
- 07:00
- 2,422 plays

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album review

Symphonic black metal will always be first and foremost associated with Norway, a locale that seems to spawn a new band sporting ghoulish face paint every bloody day. But by 2007, the style had long crossed over into other faraway territories, as evidenced by the emergence of Taiwan's Chthonic. Already a sensation back home, the group -- led by singer Freddy Lim -- has been issuing albums on a regular basis in Taiwan since 1998. But it wasn't until 2006 that Chthonic issued their first proper U.S. release, Seediq Bale. Starting things off are three videos (as a result, when played on a standard CD player, for the first three tracks you hear, literally, nothing), before the metallic onslaught begins. What results is your standard/pro-sounding symphonic metal -- no big surprises or detours -- as evidenced by such ditties as "Progeny of Rmdax Tasing" and "Bloody Gaya Fulfilled." In fact, the only thing that's different about Chthonic is that the vocals alternate between being sung in English and Taiwanese -- but since most of Lim's vocals are growled, he could be speaking in Martian, and you wouldn't know the difference. ~ Greg Prato, All Music Guide