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ChthoniC

Taiwanese death metal band

Taiwan · 1995–present

  • death metal
  • black metal
  • folk metal
  • melodic black metal
  • melodic death metal

Current members

Members timeline

No dated membership information is available.

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Member Years Roles
劉笙彙 ?–present guitar
林昶佐 ?–present lead vocals
汪子驤 ?–present membranophone
葉湘怡 ?–present bass
高嘉嶸 ?–present keyboard

Discography

Albums

  • 祖靈之流: Where the Ancestors’ Souls Gathered cover
    祖靈之流: Where the Ancestors’ Souls Gathered
    1999 · 8 tracks, 45:19
    Track list
    1. Drift Out to Mystery 0:43
    2. Across the Sea 越海 4:42
    3. Breath of Ocean 海息 3:17
    4. Mother Isle Disingrated, Aboriginal Gods Enthroned 母島解體‧登基 9:53
    5. Deep Rising (Across the Sea 2) 深耕（越海之二） 4:01
    6. Yen Geh Shin 燕歌行 4:56
    7. Bloody Cloud 血雲朵 3:49
    8. Holy War (Across the Sea 3) 越海 第三乐章 聖戰 13:58
  • 靈魄之界 cover
    靈魄之界
    2000 · 9 tracks, 45:22
    Track list & credits
    1. 海息 慢板 2:45
    2. 序 Lyrics: 林昶佐 · Music: 林昶佐, Ambrosia 1:39
    3. 幽游冥河 Lyrics: SZSun, 林昶佐 6:58
    4. 支那之喚 Lyrics: SZSun, 林昶佐 6:02
    5. 匯神 Music: Ambrosia 1:43
    6. 侵 Lyrics: SZSun, 林昶佐 7:46
    7. 玄蒼 Music: Ambrosia 2:10
    8. 永固邦稷 Lyrics: SZSun, 林昶佐 9:06
    9. 支那之喚 (demo) Lyrics: SZSun, 林昶佐 7:13
    Performed by
    林昶佐
    lead vocals
    劉笙彙
    electric guitar
    葉湘怡
    electric bass guitar
    A-Jay Tsai
    drums (drum set)
    Ambrosia
    keyboard
    Kessier Hsu
    electric guitar (track 3)
    Production
    Dupre
    producer
    Kessier Hsu
    engineer
    Artwork
    Ridio Dizzy
    design
    Leon
    photography
  • 藏金閣第壹卷: Metal Treasure Attic 1 cover
    藏金閣第壹卷: Metal Treasure Attic 1
    2001 · 9 tracks
    Track list & credits
    1. 真實的色彩 5:27
    2. 心情輓歌 5:21
    3. 重生 7:41
    4. 幽游冥河 演秦版本 Lyrics: SZSun, 林昶佐 7:00
    5. 永固邦稷 (remix 版) Lyrics: SZSun, 林昶佐
    6. Silent Scream 6:10
    7. Sorry
    8. No
    9. 末世滅神錄
    Performed by
    林昶佐
    lead vocals (track 4)
    劉笙彙
    electric guitar (track 4)
    葉湘怡
    electric bass guitar (track 4)
    A-Jay Tsai
    drums (drum set) (track 4)
    Ambrosia
    keyboard (track 4)
    Kessier Hsu
    electric guitar (track 4)
    Production
    Dupre
    producer (track 4)
    Kessier Hsu
    engineer (track 4)
  • 永劫輪迴 cover
    永劫輪迴
    2002 · 9 tracks, 56:52
    Track list & credits
    1. 業 2:44
    2. 悲命格 Lyrics: 林昶佐 · Music: 林昶佐 6:33
    3. 恨葬林投 Lyrics: 李昭娘 · Music: 劉笙彙 3:39
    4. 冥河冤賦 Lyrics: 林昶佐 · Music: 林昶佐 8:37
    5. 返陽救子 Lyrics: 林昶佐 · Music: 林昶佐 3:42
    6. 厲鬼生 Music: Vivien Chen 2:26
    7. 殺途 Lyrics: 林昶佐 · Music: 劉笙彙 4:26
    8. 恨弒三界 Lyrics: 林昶佐 · Music: 劉笙彙 8:20
    9. 掠魂入閻獄 / 永劫輪迴 Lyrics: 林昶佐 · Music: 劉笙彙, 林昶佐 16:22
    Performed by
    林昶佐
    lead vocals, erhu
    劉笙彙
    electric guitar
    葉湘怡
    electric bass guitar, vocals
    A-Jay Tsai
    drums (drum set)
    Vivien Chen
    keyboard, vocals
    Production
    Jan Borsing
    mixer, recording engineer, mastering
    Artwork
    阿今
    photography
    Luis
    graphic design
  • 反中國併吞: Anti China Invasion Live cover
    反中國併吞: Anti China Invasion Live
    2002 · 8 tracks
    Track list
    1. 台灣魂 (intro) (live)
    2. 台灣淪陷 (live)
    3. 母島解體 登基 (live)
    4. Monkey Dancing (studio version)
    5. 借問 (live)
    6. 沾到黑油的肉鯽仔 (live)
    7. 鰻魚飯團
    8. 翻小鼓
  • Seediq Bale cover
    Seediq Bale
    2005 · 9 tracks, 43:38
    Track list & credits
    1. 岩木之子 Lyrics: 林昶佐 4:35
    2. 黥面卸 Lyrics: 林昶佐 4:04
    3. 忿燃戰靈封 Lyrics: 林昶佐 1:04
    4. 大出草 Lyrics: 林昶佐 6:39
    5. 泣神 Lyrics: 林昶佐 5:55
    6. 叢屍‧繫冥河 Lyrics: 林昶佐 5:35
    7. 虹橋赴 Lyrics: 林昶佐 5:00
    8. 川中島之禁 Lyrics: 林昶佐 3:49
    9. 半屍.橫氣山林 Lyrics: 林昶佐 6:57
    Performed by
    林昶佐
    lead vocals, erhu
    劉笙彙
    electric guitar, guitar (track 3)
    汪子驤
    guitar (track 3)
    葉湘怡
    electric bass guitar, vocals
    Alexia
    electric piano, keyboard, vocals
    陳珊妮
    vocals
    Su-Nong Chao
    erhu
    Reno Killerich
    drums (drum set)
    Poul Winther
    electric guitar (track 9)
    Production
    Jan Borsing
    producer, mixer, engineer, recording engineer, mastering
    Artwork
    Chen Yang De
    design, graphic design
  • 十殿 cover
    十殿
    2009 · 12 tracks, 50:57
    Track list
    1. Autoscopy 1:57
    2. Blooming Blades 4:41
    3. Hearts Condemned 4:31
    4. Venom in My Veins 3:02
    5. The Aroused 5:07
    6. Sing-Ling Temple 4:07
    7. 1947 4:18
    8. Forty-Nine Theurgy Chains 3:37
    9. Rise of the Shadows 4:09
    10. Bloody Waves of Sorrow 4:49
    11. Spell of Setting Sun: Mirror of Retribution 5:56
    12. Unlimited Taiwan 4:43
  • Takasago Army: 高砂軍 cover
    Takasago Army: 高砂軍
    2011 · 11 tracks
    Track list
    Disc 1
    1. 冥河島 2:16
    2. 殘枝 4:22
    3. 皇軍 4:15
    4. 震洋 3:45
    5. 南十字星 3:55
    6. 薰空 5:39
    7. 玉碎 5:43
    8. 歸根 1:25
    9. 大黑天 4:00
    10. 鎮魂醒靈寺 5:20
    Disc 2
    1. Takao (remix)
  • Bú-Tik cover
    Bú-Tik
    2013 · 10 tracks, 40:48
    Track list
    1. 武裝 2:27
    2. 破夜斬 4:46
    3. 尼可拉斯 4:01
    4. 共和 4:13
    5. 大械鬥 4:39
    6. 亡命關 4:40
    7. 火薰時代 5:01
    8. 火燒島 3:48
    9. 暮沈武德殿 5:23
    10. 重殖武裝 1:50
  • 失竊千年: Timeless Sentence cover
    失竊千年: Timeless Sentence
    2014 · 11 tracks, 44:45
    Track list
    1. 殘枝 5:11
    2. 皇軍 4:13
    3. 火燒島 4:17
    4. 亡命關 1:40
    5. 大械鬥 4:50
    6. 共和 4:00
    7. 破夜斬 5:08
    8. 薰空 2:29
    9. 玉碎 5:42
    10. 暮沉武德殿 6:19
    11. 尼可拉斯 0:56
  • Battlefields of Asura cover
    Battlefields of Asura
    2018 · 11 tracks, 39:52
    Track list
    1. Drawing Omnipotence Nigh 2:06
    2. The Silent One’s Torch 4:02
    3. Flames upon the Weeping Winds 3:06
    4. A Crimson Sky's Command 3:31
    5. Souls of the Revolution 4:39
    6. Taste the Black Tears 4:49
    7. One Thousand Eyes 5:15
    8. Masked Faith 2:18
    9. Carved in Bloodstone 2:57
    10. Millennia’s Faith Undone 5:05
    11. Autopoiesis 2:04