CHTHONIC 闪灵

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While Taiwan is considered home of Austronesian peoples, and a mystic island nation in the Orient, advanced technologies and modern cities are also part of the image of Taiwan. The metal band Chthonic has given the best interpretation to the contrasting images of the country.

Chthonic's lyrics are inspired by Taiwanese mythology, folk stories, and history, and the music incorporates elements of traditional Taiwanese folk music, enka, and sorrowful melody from Taiwanese opera, accompanied by traditional Taiwanese musical instruments, such as hena, zheng -also known as "box zither"- and pgaku flute. Also integral parts of Chthonic's music are elements from contemporary symphonic black metal, melodic death metal, blood-boiling riffs and solos. Critiques have tried to label Chthonic's music as black metal, death metal or folk metal, but Chthonic has opted for simply "metal" for its simplicity and genuineness.

From Fuji Rock and Loud Park in japan, to Ozzfest in the US, Download in the UK, and WOA in Germany, Chthonic has been to major music festivals around the world, and has had toured hundreds of shows in Europe, North America and Asia.

In Taiwan, several of Chthonic's albums were on the pop-music charts, and the band has been awarded the "Golden Melody Award"-the Taiwanese version of the Grammy Award. Besides being Chthonic, band members are also active in different fields. Doris, the bassist and the band leader, has been advocating for women's rights, acted in movies, and has curated major rock music festivals; the drummer Dani is working hard in music education to bring up younger generation musicians; the guitarist Jesse and the keyboard player CJ are involved in production of many albums of Taiwanese bands; the lead vocalist, Freddy, is active in public affairs relating to human rights and social justice issues, and now he is a member of the Taiwanese parliament, elected in 2016.

Chthonic's recent albums include Seediq Bale (2007), Mirror of Retribution (2009), Takasago Army (2011), and Bú-Tik (2013), which were all released worldwide, with positive feedbacks from music critiques. Chthonic has also had concert tours in Europe, North America and Asia following the albums' releases. In 2014, an acoustic album Timeless Sentence was released, with unplugged concerts in cooperation with MTV Taiwan. Chthonic in 2018 is to release its brand new album, "Battlefields of Asura," a metal epic that features traditional Taiwanese goddesses and gods - Má-tsóo, Ông-iâ-gong, Kuan-im (Avalokiteśvara), Tè-iâ gong, Thài-tsú-iâ (Nalakuvara), Sîng-hông (City God)- and leads its listeners through Taiwan's political pursuit of more than a century and its history and myths. The new album has Hong Kong diva Denise Ho as guest vocal and is slated to be released in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan, the U.K., Europe, and North America in October. Chthonic will be seen performing
the new album at music festivals following its release. Taiwan's authentic metal is taking the stage again!