But it is interesting to find that, because of this dispute, different perceptions arose among rock n' roll fans in different parts of China. We learned that fans in Beijing shut down any online discussion relating to Chthonic since we are "renegades."
TT: You are practising alternative diplomacy by sharing and exchanging views of music with counterparts in the US, Asia and Europe. What's Chthonic's plan for the next few years to gain more international recognition?
Chthonic: If we can afford it, we hope to move to the US for several months to learn from the American way of producing black metal.
Besides continuing our contact with Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia, where we have a lot of fans, Chthonic will try its best to increase performances in America and Europe.
In fact, we don't want to be internationalized. We have always worked on refining our work expounding our mother culture and history by emulating bands in other areas of the world, and that's why we want to visit the US to get a feel for their way of making black metal.
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