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The Pain, will be exquisite (2025)
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State Of Unrest (2023)
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Chicago's Chasm blends groove and thrash metal with the grit and working-class stoicism that defines the city's heavy music tradition. Their mid-tempo riffs carry a weighty authority that suits the industrial character of the Midwest's metal backbone.
Salem, Oregon's Chasm of Discord applies technical death metal's precision to compositions that stretch and convulse through unpredictable structural shifts. Their work reflects a serious investment in the mechanics of brutality.
Atlanta death metal act Chasm of Nis draws on the classic American death metal tradition, delivering crushing, riff-driven material with a straightforward, brutal focus. Their sound is rooted in the genre's foundational aggression without straying far from established conventions.
Asbury Park's Chasm Shroud blends black and death metal with a coastal bleakness befitting the New Jersey shore's off-season desolation. Their music is dense and atmospheric, mixing caustic riffing with moments of oppressive, suffocating dread.
Melodic death metal band from Kokkola, Finland, formed in 2020. They craft melodic yet aggressive death metal from the Ostrobothnian coast.
Pennsylvania's Chasms dwell in the overlap of death doom and classic doom metal, conjuring slow, grief-stricken heaviness that unfolds with deliberate, funereal patience. Their compositions carry the weight of the genre's most suffocating traditions.
Littleton, Colorado's Chastisement approaches death metal with a direct, suffocating brutality that draws on the genre's most uncompromising American traditions. Their recordings reflect a commitment to heaviness above all other considerations.
Death metal act from Moscow, formed in 2019. Chatalhüyük — named after the ancient Anatolian settlement — explores archaeological themes through death metal.
Genre-crossing extreme metal band from Leipzig, Germany, formed in 2016. Chaver blend black metal, crust punk, death metal, and groove metal into a fierce and unpredictable assault.
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