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Chaos Reigns is a thrash metal band from Youngstown, Ohio, formed in 2010, that delivers straightforward, aggressive thrash in the tradition of the classic American bands that shaped the genre. The band features members trained at respected music programs including Berklee College of Music and Youngstown State's Dana School of Music.
Chaos Ritual is a groove and thrash metal band from Cincinnati, Ohio that formed on the city's east side and quickly built a local following, opening for national acts including Soulfly, Geoff Tate, and Sanctuary. The band later continued under the name Critical Khaos.
Chaos Theory is a groove metal and hardcore band from Bordentown, New Jersey that formed in the mid-1990s and was part of the state's robust metallic hardcore scene during that era. The band drew on the collision of groove metal heaviness and hardcore intensity that defined much of the New Jersey underground at the time.
Chaos Theory is a thrash metal band from Hertford, North Carolina that delivers straightforward melodic thrash in a region not traditionally associated with the genre. The band operates independently within the North Carolina metal underground.
Thrash metal band from Hoorn in North Holland, formed in 2024. Chaos Unleashed brings fresh thrash energy to the Dutch scene.
Chaos Warehouse is a progressive thrash metal band from Colorado Springs, Colorado that combines the compositional complexity of progressive metal with the raw brutality of thrash, addressing social and political themes in their lyrics. Their debut album Revolucien and follow-up Taking the Sun showcase a politically engaged approach to technical heavy metal.
Death-thrash band from Riga, Latvia, formed in 2015. Chaosact brings aggressive extreme metal to the Baltic metal underground.
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.
Chaosface is a thrash metal band from Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, formed in 2014. The band released their debut EP The Practice of Chaos in July 2014, followed by a re-recorded version titled The Practice of Chaos Revisited in October 2015, produced at Slowpeak Studio with an updated lineup.
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