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Masters of Morbidity (2022)
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No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Chained Arcana is a Seattle, Washington black metal band weaving occult and esoteric themes through a raw, atmospheric black metal framework. Their Pacific Northwest origins lend their sound a naturally cold, isolated quality.
Melodic death and black metal band from Novi Marof, Croatia, active since 2010. Chained in Agony merges sweeping melodic leads with the ferocity of blackened death metal.
Black metal project from Ballabio in Lecco province, Lombardy, active since 2013. Chainerdog crafts raw black metal from the foothills of the Italian Alps.
Blackened thrash act from Kraków, active since 2013. Chaingün delivers high-velocity extreme metal from Poland's cultural capital.
Chains of Existence is a US atmospheric black metal project that layers cold, reverb-drenched tremolo riffing over ambient textures and expansive song structures. The music leans toward the depressive and introspective end of the atmospheric black metal spectrum.
Boulder, Colorado-area act Chainsaw Decapitation operate at the intersection of black metal, death metal, and experimental music, combining harsh extreme metal aesthetics with unconventional structures and noise influences. Their output resists easy categorization within the death-black spectrum.
Raw black-grind act from Tuchów in the Lesser Poland highlands, formed in 2021. Chainsaw Gutsfuck channels lo-fi, primitive extremity from rural southern Poland.
San Francisco, California act Chainsaw Zombie weave together black metal, death metal, and doom metal into a dark, mid-paced assault drawing from the Bay Area's extreme metal history. The death-doom elements slow their attack and add a sepulchral heaviness.
Black metal project from Umeå, active since 2010. Chainsawtan blends chainsaw-toned black metal with satanic themes from northern Sweden.
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