Freddy Lim announced that Chthonic will not be touring while he is an elected official in Taiwan. "It seems not," said Lim when asked if there is a chance Chthonic will tour after the pandemic is over ...

Congrats are in order for Chthonic's Freddy Lim. The vocalist ran for political office in Taipei and he has been elected as a legislator in the 5th District. According to Focus Taiwan, Lim ran as a ...

Chthonic’s new album Battlefields of Asura is out now (order here)! For a taste of the symphonic-flavored metal fervor that the Taiwanese metallers are so adept at creating, check out “A Crimson Sky’s ...

Holy shit! Chthonic frontman Freddy Lim was rcampaigning in recent months for a run at political office in Taiwan. The election was this past weekend and on January 16 it was announced that Lim had ...

Freddy Lim, former lawmaker and longtime frontman of metal band Chthonic, has been appointed Taiwan’s new ambassador to Finland. His appointment brings together Lim’s twin passions for politics and ...

Another thing that Taiwan and Finland have in common is heavy metal music. Representative Freddy Lim of the Taipei ...

Last month, we reported that Freddy Lim, singer for gothic black metallers Chthonic, was running for office in the band’s native Taiwan, as part of his own political party, the youth-oriented New ...

Freddy Lim of Chthonic isn't your average death metal band frontman. He's also a member of the Taiwan's Parliament. Taiwan has been struggling to establish an official independence from China for ...

Taiwan has drawn attention by appointing a heavy metal musician as its top envoy to Helsinki, Finland. On May 21 (local time), the New York Times (NYT) reported that Freddy Lim, 49, the vocalist of ...

If you don’t already keep up with Taiwanese politics, now is the time to start. On Saturday, Taiwan elected its first woman president, Tsai Ing-wen, the charismatic cat-lady of the Democratic ...

Tattooed, pony tailed and the front man for Asia’s biggest death metal band, it’s clear Freddy Lim is not your average politician. The 39-year-old is running for one of 113 seats up for grabs in ...

As one of Taiwan’s most famous rock stars, Freddy Lim used to express his politics by screaming death metal lyrics for his band Chthonic, the “Black Sabbath of Asia.” Now, at 40, while still sporting ...