Formed in 2003, CAEDES CRUENTA are the foremost torchbearers for the classic Greek black metal sound. For them, the early Hellenic flame of the "Big Three" - Rotting Christ, Varathron, and Necromantia - never died, nor did the contemporaneous flames of Septic Flesh, Thou Art Lord, Kawir, Zemial, and Nightfall among others.