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| Location: | City of Obscurity, Taiwan |
| My Website: | http://www.chthonic.org |
| Gender: | Male |
| Age: | 18 years old |
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Formed in 1995, CHTHONIC has recorded four albums. The first album, “Where the Ancestors Gathered,” describes a journey across the sea, with the “Black Water Ditch” referring to the Straits of Taiwan, and the difficult and daring passage from China to Taiwan. The group’s second album, “9th Empyrean,” deals with the subject of “Mother Isle Disintegrated, Aboriginal Gods Enthroned” or the epic battle between Chinese Han spirits and the spirit gods of Taiwan’s aboriginal people. The third album, “Relentless Recurrence,” opens with percussion instruments, creating a cacophony to tell the story of local demon Na-Tao Ji and his story of revenge, transcending mortal limits, and releasing souls from purgatory. After three year waiting, “Seediqbale,” the latest album from Chthonic, is full of lament, tragically heroic, and still gloomy. Chthonic’s music tells the Taiwan true-history Wushe event and tragic hero Monarudao. The Taiwan Seediq tribe, which live high in Mount Wushe, was fabled to be born from the fusion of big rocks and giant trees a thousand years ago. Only clansman that have passed the severe trial can be tattooed on the face, a mark for clansman to cross the rainbow bridge to join the ancient souls and receive internal life. In 1895 A.D., the Japanese started colonial governing Taiwan and banned the Seediq’s traditional culture, which lasted a thousand years. Monarudao, the chief of the proper, led his people to fight against the Japanese soldiers, and begins this tragically and heroic story. CHTHONIC's melodies can be characterized as extreme metal with a central inspiration and folklore coming from the black metal movement. CHTHONIC uses the traditional Oriental stringed instrument Hena, which can be compared to an eastern violin. The sound of the Hena is one of grief and sorrow, which CHTHONIC accompanies with heavy drums and guitar strings blending into harmony. The music flows with the tempo of ancient mythology, and often, through lyrics, conveys an abbreviated version of a traditional myth or legend. Freddy Lim, lead vocalist, uses his voice to tear and rip melodies, using both ancient and modern language and energy, which mix easily with the music. The music swings from cool despair to the heat of shock and anger. By wavering between these emotions, CHTHONIC is unparalleled in the world of black metal song composition. Corpse paint is not the monopoly of the Scandinavian metal bands. It also originates from the “Eight Generals”, who appear in religious parades based on Taiwanese folklore. When these deities wear corpse paint, they are empowered with the eight Taoist spirits to be the judge of good and evil. The corpse paint encounter of some Scandinavian black metal bands reminded Chthonic of the Taiwanese “Eight Generals”. Therefore, Chthonic gradually incorporates their corpse paint with the influence of the “Eight Generals”, such as the reverse hook emphasis on the corners of the mouth, etc. CHTHONIC was awarded “Best Rock Group” at the 14th Golden Music Awards, the Eastern Asian equivalent of a Grammy. The award was presented to the band by none other than the country’s President Chen Shui-bian.
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Posted 6 months ago
Posted 6 months ago
Happy Be-Lated Easter...dear friend.
Posted 6 months ago
May your neighbors respect you,
Troubles neglect you,
The angels protect you,
And Heaven accept you.
Posted 7 months ago
i agree the bass player is beautiful
Posted 8 months ago
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Posted 11 months ago
Your bass player is beautiful!!!!!
Posted about 1 year ago
you guys were the only reason i went to Ozzfest cause you guys rock. hope to see you all again out here in new mexico.
Posted about 1 year ago
You guys played first in Indy...I ended up not getting inside in time to see you guys.
Posted about 1 year ago
IIdk...you guys have a hott bass player
Posted about 1 year ago
CHTHONIC TO HOLD “UNLIMITED NEW YORK” CONCERT PRIOR TO UNITED NATIONS’ KICKOFF
Taiwanese band ChthoniC — who will complete their stint as the first-ever Asian extreme metal act to tour with Ozzfest this week — will continue their historic "UNlimited" tour next month, when they will perform their first headlining concerts in America.
"Ozzfest has been a great experience for ChthoniC, but we're excited to perform for our fans for longer than 20 minutes," says vocalist Freddy Lim.
In concert, ChthoniC (pronounced "THON-ick") will continue to perform the tour's theme song, "UNlimited Taiwan," written and recorded this spring "to emphasize the 'UNlimited' potential of Taiwan and the Taiwanese people," Lim says. Like the tour — which kicked off in Taipei earlier this summer following the international re-release of 2002's "Relentless Recurrence" and last year's "A Decade On The Throne" two-CD/DVD live set — the song was named to protest how the United Nations (UN) limits Taiwan's full participation as an independent country. The Washington Post and the International Herald Tribune, among others, have recently devoted lengthy features to the message behind the tour.
With a new session of the United Nations General Assembly scheduled to open in New York on Sept. 18, many pro-Taiwan rallies will be held around the city in the days beforehand. To coincide with the UN session's kickoff — where Taiwan will once again petition to be formally recognized as an independent country, and not a Chinese province — ChthoniC will hold a special "UNlimited New York" concert at Manhattan's Highline Ballroom, located less than three miles from the UN, on Sept. 16. Tickets are currently available on the venue's website, www.highlineballroom.com, and at their box office.
Because this is the group's third New York City concert in recent weeks, coming on the heels of an Aug. 21 performance with Nile and a Sept. 6 concert alongside Katatonia, ChthoniC has arranged for the Highline Ballroom to offer tickets for only $5 to anyone who redeems a ticket stub from one of their previous shows at the venue's box office. For everyone else, a $2 discount can be obtained by purchasing the tickets online at www.highlineballroom.com (enter "un4taiwan" in the access code field). Furthermore, the first 100 fans in the doors will receive a free set of ChthoniC "paper dolls," which are sold in toy stores throughout Asia. (A photo can be seen here: http://chthonic.server341.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/promophoto01-small.jpg)
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The "UNlimited New York" concert will be videotaped, and ChthoniC hopes that people of all nationalities will join them in this historic plea for freedom and independence.
ChthoniC "UNlimiited" tour dates:
8/27 Jaxx - West Springfield, VA (with Nile)
8/28 Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre - Charlotte, NC (Ozzfest)
8/29 The Haven - Winter Park, FL (with Nile)
8/30 Sound Advice Amphitheatre - West Palm Beach, FL (Ozzfest)
9/1 The Muse - Nashville, TN
9/2 Uncle Pleasant's - Louisville, KY
9/5 Penny Arcade - Rochester, NY
9/7 The Funhaus - Toronto, Ont.
9/8 The Embassy - London, Ont.
9/9 Peabody's - Cleveland, OH
9/10 The Underground - Hartford, CT
9/12 B.B. King's - New York, NY (with Obituary)
9/13 Jaxx - West Springfield, VA
9/14 Tremont Music Hall - Charlotte, NC
9/15 Jester's Pub - Fayetteville, NC
9/16 Highline Ballroom - New York, NY
9/19 Le Capitole Theatre - Quebec City, QC (with Cradle of Filth)
9/20 Metropolis - Montreal, QC (with Cradle of Filth)
9/21 Webster Theatre - Hartford, CT (with Cradle of Filth)
9/22 Higher Ground - Burlington, VT (with Cradle of Filth)