Forming in 1995 and having long since matured into a dark and otherworldly force in symphonic black metal, where native mythology and traditional instruments assail blastbeats and crushing call-and-response screechalongs, Chthonic have honed their art to perfection in time for the release of majestic fifth ‘Mirror Of Retribution’, their first to be widely released in the UK – check out their whole story in the current issue of the world’s only real extreme metal magazine!