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Masters of Morbidity (2022)
Featured Power Metal Album
Black Ninja (2013)
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Sinner (Unlucky 13th Anniversary Deluxe Edition / Bonus Commentary / Disc Two) (2015)
06/17 @ G Live Guildford, Guildford
Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
Liars & Thieves (2024)
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Chapstik is a stoner and thrash metal band with roots in San Antonio, Texas, that relocated to Detroit, Michigan, playing a low-end-heavy blend of Melvins-influenced sludge and punk-edged thrash. The band released three full-lengths across their active years from 1997 to 2011, including Barnburner on Unfortunate Miracle Records.
Chapter is a metalcore band from Greensburg, Pennsylvania, operating in the tradition of the Pittsburgh-area heavy music scene. The band plays aggressive metalcore and has released material independently.
Chapter 13 is a heavy and thrash metal band from North Idaho that blends the classic heavy metal sound with thrash sensibilities. The band operates independently out of the Pacific Northwest.
Power and progressive metal band from Lucerne, Switzerland, formed in 2015. They blend soaring melodies and intricate progressive arrangements with the bombast and energy of power metal.
Death metal band from Valence in the Drome, France, formed in 2022. They deliver crushing death metal from the Rhone Valley.
Depressive black metal project from Kemerovo in the Kuzbass coal basin of Siberia, formed in 2024. Chapters of Misery channels bleak melancholy from the industrial heartland.
Char is a black metal band from Vancouver, Washington, operating in the Pacific Northwest underground scene. The band pursues a raw, stripped-down approach to black metal within a region known for producing atmospheric and black metal acts.
Melodic black metal project from Poznań, formed in 2025. Characith — named after a qabalistic concept — channels melodic darkness from Greater Poland.
Character is a heavy metal and power metal band from Cincinnati, Ohio that delivers melodic, riff-driven heavy metal in the traditional power metal mold. The band operates independently within the Southwest Ohio metal scene.
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World Metal Index is an index of global heavy metal bands — death metal, black metal, thrash metal, doom metal, metalcore, hardcore punk, and all heavy music. Browse bands by genre, find metal concerts near you, and discover the global metal scene.