Criptofonia is a heavy/thrash metal band from Ezpeleta (Buenos Aires Province, Argentina). The history of the band begins when emiliano perez (guitar), gonzalo gayoso (drums) and leonardo magallanes (bass) met together with the idea of forming a band. Riffs that were part of the first songs slowly began to emerge aiming at thrash metal and mostly influenced by the old school. Criptofonia was inspired by bands like Metallica, Slayer, Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Deep Purple, Megadeth and others. After a long time rehearsals, the group posted advertisements on sreets and music shops looking for a singer and guitarist. A few months later Fabo Pavic joint the band. He immediately began to make contributions to the already existing compositions. Criptofonia is a band that seeks to leave his footprint on heavy metal's way with the premise of making their own music with a particular style. In 2007 the band produced "Factor de la Destruccion" (Destruction Factor), a two song demo [...]

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Woe is a Philadelphia-based black metal band that strives to eschew the cartoon-like theatrics found within the genre in an effort to create darker, more powerful, honest music that is more in tune to the traditional spirit of the art. The first full-length was released in September 2008 to glowing reviews and was been described as 'the most important black metal release in years' by one journalist. In early 2009, the album was made available as a DRM-free pay-what-you-want download directly from the band's website.

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