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Spitting Fire Live Vol. 2 (2013)
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Chaos Brigade is a death metal and deathcore band from Paterson, New Jersey that blends melodic death metal hooks with the crushing heaviness of deathcore. Formed in 2017, the band draws on themes of life, death, and the unknown across their independently released material.
Melodic death metal act from Gällivare above the Arctic Circle, active since 2015. Chaos Construct delivers Scandinavian melodeath from the remote mining towns of Swedish Lapland.
Bucharest progressive death and groove metal outfit formed in 2015, fusing technical complexity with crushing rhythmic weight. Their ambitious approach balances cerebral songwriting with the physical impact of modern extreme metal.
Death-thrash metal band from Dortmund, Germany, formed in 2014. They deliver a punishing blend of death metal brutality and thrash metal speed from the industrial Ruhr city.
Chaos Dimension is a technical death metal band from Corona, California that incorporates groove metal elements into complex, riff-heavy compositions. The band delivers brutal, mind-bending death metal that emphasizes technical precision alongside raw heaviness.
Chaos Eater is a death metal band from Canton, Ohio operating in the tradition of straightforward, crushing underground death metal. The band remains an independent act in the Ohio metal underground.
Experimental drone-death metal band from Gueberschwihr in Alsace, France, active since 2012. Chaos Echoes push death metal into avant-garde territory through drone and experimental approaches.
Chaos Enigma is a New York-based project blending progressive and melodic death metal, known for unrestrained genre experimentation that draws on the technical side of extreme metal. The band is connected to other New York metal acts and has released anniversary re-recordings of early material.
Death-thrash metal band from Heraklion, Crete, formed in 2015. They deliver aggressive death-thrash from the largest city on the Greek island.
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