Taiwanese metal band CHTHONIC was forced to cancel a show in Hong Kong after its lead singer fail to get a visa to enter the former British colony. The Hong Kong Immigration Department rejected the visa application of CHTHONIC frontman Freddy Lim because he did not "possess a special skill, knowledge or experience of value," ...
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From the char of black metal mania glorified by profiled pundits EMPEROR, DIMMU BORGIR, CRADLE OF FILTH and MAYHEM rose a mini-legion of one-man wannabes, dark forest wanderers and orchestral fugue art farts. Corpse paint, crusty leather, inverted crosses, middle fingers hoisted toward Catholicism, at this point, a great big Mega-Therion yawn. Yet the underground ...
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Behind-the-scenes footage from the making of the "Millennia's Faith Undone" video from Taiwanese metallers CHTHONIC can be seen below. The clip features an appearance by Hong Kong singer Denise Ho. "Millennia's Faith Undone" is taken from CHTHONIC's latest album, "Battlefields Of Asura", which was released on October 12. Doris Yeh, the spokesperson and bassist in ...
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"Flames Upon The Weeping Winds", the new video from Taiwanese metallers CHTHONIC, can be seen below. The song is taken from the band's latest album, "Battlefields Of Asura", which was released on October 12. The "Flames Upon The Weeping Winds" clip salutes the classic movie "2001: A Space Odyssey" and was directed by Chuang Chi-wen, ...
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PureGrainAudio has uploaded a track-by-track breakdown of "Battlefields Of Asura", the upcoming album from Taiwanese metallers CHTHONIC, courtesy of vocalist Freddy Lim. Check it out below. Many tracks on "Battlefields Of Asura", which is due on October 12, are associated with different Taiwanese gods and goddesses. "A Crimson Sky's Command" is one of ...
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Taiwanese metallers CHTHONIC have released the official music video for "A Crimson Sky's Command", the second track from their upcoming album, "Battlefields Of Asura". Check it out below. Earlier on in March, CHTHONIC performed the song in public for the first time at one of the biggest music festivals in Taiwan — Megaport Music Festival. ...
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Taiwanese metallers CHTHONIC have released a music video for a delicate acoustic version of "Millennia's Faith Undone", taken from their latest album "Battlefields Of Asura". CHTHONIC usually leaves the audience a ferocious impression; however, the release of the acoustic album "Timeless Sentence" four years ago and the music video of "Defenders Of Bú-Tik Palace" (acoustic ...
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Five years since the release of their last album, in response to fans' keen anticipation, Taiwanese metallers CHTHONIC announced their new album "Battlefields Of Asura" last month. Today, CHTHONIC has dropped the music video for first track "Millennia's Faith Undone", featuring Hong Kong singer Denise Ho, and announced a festival appearance in Japan. Doris Yeh, ...
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CHTHONIC, the Taiwanese metal band recognized for its unique signature performance, will release its eighth album, "Battlefields Of Asura" — the follow-up to 2013's "Butik" — on October 12. Formed in 1995, CHTHONIC has toured in over 40 countries, played hundreds of concerts and festivals, and become the most visible Taiwanese metal band with international ...
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Australia's Heavy TV recently conducted an interview with frontman Freddy Lim of Taiwanese metallers CHTHONIC, who also is a part of Taiwan's parliament. You can watch the entire chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On CHTHONIC's origins: Freddy: "In the beginning, the band CHTHONIC was formed in 1996. Back at ...
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Taiwanese metallers CHTHONIC have released a brand new song called "Souls Of The Revolution", featuring a guest appearance by LAMB OF GOD singer Randy Blythe. The track is described as the "theme song" of CHTHONIC's long-in-the-works Taiwanese action-comedy "Tshiong", which will receive a Taiwanese premiere on December 29. The movie, which stars Blythe, was directed ...
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A new trailer for "Tshiong", the long-in-the-works Taiwanese action-comedy made by the metal band CHTHONIC, can be seen below. The movie, which stars LAMB OF GOD frontman Randy Blythe, was directed by Wen-Tang Cheng, who has previously produced a number of documentary, short and feature films. "Tshiong" will receive a Taiwanese premiere on December 29. ...
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Freddy Lim, the CHTHONIC frontman, human rights activist and youth culture advocate who was elected to the Taiwanese Parliament earlier this year, has been refused a visa to Hong Kong. Lim wrote on his Facebook page he wanted to go to Sam Hui Koon-kit a concert last Saturday, but received no reply after applying for ...
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Freddy Lim, human rights activist and youth culture advocate, was elected to the Taiwanese Parliament in January of 2016. He is the lead vocalist of CHTHONIC, a metal band with six popular studio albums that has won the Taiwan's Golden Melody awards, Golden Music Awards and best international artist for Tibet in Tibet Music Awards. ...
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Freddy Lim, frontman of the Taiwanese metal band CHTHONIC, was interviewed by Red Carpet News TV at the Metal Hammer Golden Gods, which took place June 13 at the Eventim Apollo in Hammersmith, London, England. You can now watch the chat below. Speaking about CHTHONIC's future plans, Lim — who was elected in January as ...
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Kim Chakanetsa of the BBC World Service recently quizzed two heavy metal bass guitarists about their roles in their bands, how they learnt to headbang, and juggling the music with their day jobs. You can now listen to the program at BBC.co.uk. Doris Yeh tours all over the world with best-selling ...
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According to Focus Taiwan, Freddy Lim, frontman of the Taiwanese metal band CHTHONIC, was elected Saturday (January 16) as a legislator in Taipei's 5th District. The singer defeated veteran legislator Lin Yu-fang of the Kuomintang by more than 6,000 votes. Famous for his long hair and tattoos, Lim was the first rock star ...
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LAMB OF GOD frontman Randy Blythe has spoken about his role in a Taiwanese action movie being made by metal band CHTHONIC. He tells Germany's EMP Rock Invasion (see video below): "My friends in this band CHTHONIC, they're a Taiwanese band — they're really big in Taiwan and they're pretty political, they're very pro Taiwanese ...
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Taiwanese metallers CHTHONIC have announced a huge landmark gig in Liberty Square at Chang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall, in the country's capital, Taipei, to an estimated 10,000 fans. The free show will take place on December 26 — Boxing Day. 20 years after the band's founding and 70 years after the end of World War II, ...
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LAMB OF GOD vocalist Randy Blythe will appear in a feature film which is being made by the Taiwanese metal band CHTHONIC. In a post on his Instagram account, Randy wrote: "CHTHONIC are from Taiwan and they have been good friends of mine since we did Ozzfest '07 together. Three years ago they flew me ...
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On August 6, Eva Oswald and Björn Franck of Stormbringer.at conducted an interview with Taiwanese metallers CHTHONIC at this year's edition of the Brutal Assault festival in the Czech Republic. You can now watch the chat below. Having appeared twice before at Wacken Open Air in Germany, Taiwanese metal band CHTHONIC performed for ...
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Having appeared twice before at Wacken Open Air in Germany, Taiwanese metal band CHTHONIC performed for the third time at this year's edition of the music festival — and for the very first time, it played on the main stage Blackstage on August 1. The works of CHTHONIC stand out in the ring of metal ...
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Having performed twice at Wacken Open Air in Germany, Taiwanese metal band CHTHONIC will have its third performance at the music festival — and for the very first time, it will perform on the main stage Blackstage on August 1. The works of CHTHONIC stand out in the ring of metal bands around the world ...
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Bassist Doris Yeh of Taiwanese metallers CHTHONIC presented BABYMETAL with red envelopes — monetary gifts symbolizing good luck — before the Japanese band's January 18 concert at Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo. Video footage of the meeting, with English subtitles, can be seen below. BABYMETAL is the offshoot of the Japanese pop idol group SAKURA ...
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MetalMasterKingdom.com conducted an interview with Tawanese metallers CHTHONIC on May 1 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. You can now watch the chat below. Eagle Records released "Ián-Bú", the latest DVD offering from CHTHONIC, in February. The first new video release from the eclectic ensemble in six years includes stunning live footage and extensive bonus ...
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Andrew Epstein of A Journal Of Musical Things recently conducted an interview with vocalist Freddy Lim of Taiwanese metallers CHTHONIC. You can now listen to the chat using the SoundCloud widget below. Eagle Records released "Ián-Bú", the latest DVD offering from CHTHONIC, in February. The first new video release from the eclectic ensemble in six ...
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Spirit Of Metal conducted an interview with bassist Doris Yeh of Taiwanese metallers CHTHONIC on May 13 in West Hollywood, California. You can now watch the chat below. Eagle Records released "Ián-Bú", the latest DVD offering from CHTHONIC, in February. The first new video release from the eclectic ensemble in six years includes stunning live ...
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Getting past the goony title of their second full-length album, Boston death and black metallers SOUL REMNANTS put on a hell of a show with "Black and Blood", an album sure to remain planted in the players of death junkies, assuming they can wedge the new CARCASS album out. The band features Tom Preziosi and ...
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Eyes From The Mosh Pit recently conducted an interview with vocalist Freddy Lim of Taiwanese metallers CHTHONIC. You can now watch the chat below. Eagle Records will release "Ián-Bú", the latest DVD offering CHTHONIC, later this month. The first new video release from the eclectic ensemble in six years includes stunning live footage and extensive ...
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Eagle Records will release "Ián-Bú", the latest DVD offering from Taiwanese metal collective CHTHONIC. The first new video release from the eclectic ensemble in six years includes stunning live footage and extensive bonus features beginning with CHTHONIC's full performance at the 2013 Formoz festival in Taipei, Taiwan, where they were joined by the Chai Feng ...
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