Chthonic (sometimes typeset ChthoniC) is a Taiwanese symphonic black metal band, formed in 1995 in Taipei. The group incorporates influences from traditional Taiwanese music including instruments such as the erhu (which is called a hena in their native Taiwanese).
Since their formation, Chthonic released four studio albums, starting in 1999 with the debut Where the Ancestors’ Souls Gathered, followed by 2000’s 9th Empyrean, in 2002 Relentless Recurrence, and 2006’s Seediq Bale.
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