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Masters of Morbidity (2022)
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Black Ninja (2013)
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Sinner (Unlucky 13th Anniversary Deluxe Edition / Bonus Commentary / Disc Two) (2015)
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Liars & Thieves (2024)
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Chaos Machine is a progressive death metal band from Bangor, Maine that has been building a following in the New England underground since forming around 2010. Their self-titled 2017 album combines the raw power of thrash with progressive tendencies and melodic guitar work.
Chaos Moon is a black metal project founded in Philadelphia by Alex Poole, blending raw black metal with doom and funeral doom influences into a sound of dense atmospheric despair. Active since the mid-2000s with breaks and reformations, their 2017 album Eschaton Mémoire is considered their most critically acclaimed work.
Melodic death-thrash metal band from Athens, Greece, formed in 2019. They blend melodic death metal with thrash speed from the Greek capital.
Chaos Realm is an independent thrash and speed metal band from Barbacena, Minas Gerais, Brazil. The band operates as an unsigned act within Brazil's underground thrash metal scene, with lyrical themes centered on death, blood, earth, and souls.
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 Relic is a death metal band from Jacksonville, Florida, drawing on the classic Florida death metal tradition with a lineup featuring current and former members of Yashira, Rhythm of Fear, and Graveview. The band released their self-titled debut in 2024.
Metalcore and melodic death metal band from Vienna, formed in 2016, addressing socio-political themes of manipulation, conformity, and institutional control. Their debut 'Roots' features members Dominic Grunanger, Maximilian Ofner, and Adriano Tomasetti delivering groove-heavy modern metal.
Melodic death metal and metalcore band from Munich, Germany. They blend melodic guitar harmonies with metalcore dynamics and death metal aggression.
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.
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