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Chaos Synopsis is a thrash/death metal band from São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil, formed in 2006. The band has released multiple full-length albums including Kvlt ov Dementia (2009), Art of Killing (2013), Seasons of Red (2015), and Gods of Chaos (2017), and has toured in both Brazil and Europe. Their approach blends thrash and death metal while drawing thematic concepts from each album — ranging from madness and serial killers to historical conquerors.
Death metal and metalcore band from Northwich in Cheshire, England, formed in 2016. They blend death metal aggression with metalcore dynamics.
Death-thrash band from Riga, Latvia, formed in 2015. Chaosact brings aggressive extreme metal to the Baltic metal underground.
Black-death metal band from London, formed in 2020. They fuse black metal darkness with death metal aggression from the English capital.
Melodic death-thrash band from Kiel on the Baltic Sea, Germany, active since 2011. They combine the melodic sensibilities of Scandinavian death metal with the speed of thrash.
Blackened death metal act from Odesa, formed in 2026. Chaosatanas delivers satanic extreme metal from the Black Sea coast.
Death metal band from Helsinki, Finland, active since 2012. They deliver relentless death metal from the Finnish capital.
Death metal act from Saint Petersburg, active since 2016. Chaosbringer delivers relentless death metal from Russia's cultural capital.
Death metal act from Zaporizhia, active since 2015. ChaosCult delivers crushing death metal from the Dnieper River city in southeastern Ukraine.
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