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Masters of Morbidity (2022)
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No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Springfield, Ohio groove metal band Chronic Aggression keeps it heavy and direct, built on mid-tempo down-tuned riffs and a rhythm-first approach to metal songwriting. Their sound sits firmly in the machine-groove tradition popularized by the early 1990s.
Burlington, Vermont's Chronic Decay brings crossover thrash energy to New England's underground, fusing the raw aggression of hardcore punk with thrash metal's technical edge. Their fast, short, and angry songs capture the crossover spirit in its most stripped-down form.
Manteca, California's Chronic Decay delivers straightforward thrash metal with Bay Area-influenced intensity and hard-driving rhythms. Their sound is meat-and-potatoes thrash, built on riff momentum and aggressive delivery.
Thrash metal band from the Istrian city of Pula, Croatia, formed in 2023. Chronic Disease brings raw, youthful energy to the Croatian thrash metal scene.
Michigan City, Indiana thrash band Chronic Disorder brings Midwest aggression and crunching riff-work to the genre's straightforward tradition. Their music is built on the core thrash virtues of speed, volume, and momentum.
Thrash metal band from Aue-Bad Schlema in the Erzgebirge, Germany, formed in 2024. They bring fresh thrash aggression from the Saxon mountain region.
Black-thrash metal band from Frederikshavn in northern Jutland, Denmark, formed in 2024. They fuse black metal darkness with thrash metal speed.
Melodic death-thrash band from Sosnowiec in Upper Silesia, active since 2012. Chronix delivers hook-driven extreme metal from the Dąbrowa Basin.
Chronos is a heavy/thrash metal band from Santiago with roots stretching back to 1983, when founders Claudio Martínez and José Ihnen formed the group that would release the influential "Medieval Tales" demo (1986) and the album "A Dónde Vas" (1989) before disbanding. The band reunited and resumed activity in 2007, releasing the self-titled full-length "ChronoS" in 2009; drummer Eduardo "Topo" Topelberg, a member across multiple eras, also played in fellow Santiago institution Pentagram Chile.
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