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Black metal project from Istanbul, formed in 2024. Chaosdögs channels raw, chaotic black metal.
Atmospheric black metal project from Cheboksary, the capital of Chuvashia, formed in 2017. Chaosfrost channels frigid, expansive black metal from the Volga region.
Black-death metal band from Polinya near Barcelona, Spain, formed in 2014. They channel goat-worshipping darkness through blackened death metal.
Black-speed-thrash metal band from Rethymno, Crete, formed in 2018. They fuse black metal with speed and thrash from the historic Cretan port city.
Chaosophy is a chaos gnostic black metal band from Madison, Wisconsin, formed in 2012, that channels anti-cosmic and occult themes through bleak, bludgeoning black metal compositions. Their self-titled debut and subsequent split with Terranaut reflect an uncompromising approach to the raw, atmospheric end of the genre.
Blackened death-thrash band from Kassel, Germany, formed in 2018. They fuse the darkness of black metal with the brutality of death metal and the velocity of thrash.
ChaosWolf is a black metal band from Veracruz, Mexico, active since 2007 and signed to Caligo Arcanum Productions. The band's lyrical themes span lycanthropy, chaos, philosophy, and pessimism, and they have built an extensive discography including Eight Howls of Chaos, Howls from the Nihil, Trinity of Wolfen Funeral Void, and their more recent releases El execrable banquete de Esperpento and Ontología del desecho.
Chaotic Desolation is a one-man melodic death/thrash/black metal project from Osasco, São Paulo, Brazil, founded by multi-instrumentalist Thiago Alboneti, who is also known for his work in Beyond Chaos and Infinity of Thoughts. The project released its debut album Biological Sonnet in March 2024, drawing influences from Machine Head, Iced Earth, Nevermore, and Lamb of God.
Chaotic End is a blackened brutal death metal band from San Antonio, Texas, formed in 2009, that blends the harshness of black metal with the density of brutal death metal. The band stands out in the San Antonio scene as one of the few acts pushing the blackened death metal sound.
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