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Chaos Sanctuary is a technical death metal trio from New Jersey featuring members of Condition Critical, Volcandra, and Legionary, known for melding tech-death with djent, thrash, and jazz-fusion influences. Their 2023 concept album Instrumentality is built around the themes of Neon Genesis Evangelion.
Chaos Sculptor is a black and death metal project from New Orleans, Louisiana, created by guitarist Darrin Lett as a solo recording effort with session drums handled by a member of the Polish band Deathspawn. The project channels the raw aggression of both black and death metal with independent, self-produced releases.
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.
Groove metal band from Kraków, active since 2016. Chaos Territory delivers heavy, rhythmically-driven grooves from southern Poland.
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.
Death metal and metalcore band from Northwich in Cheshire, England, formed in 2016. They blend death metal aggression with metalcore dynamics.
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.
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