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Atlanta, GA, US · 2015–present · active
Atlanta death metal act Chasm of Nis draws on the classic American death metal tradition, delivering crushing, riff-driven material with a straightforward, brutal focus. Their sound is rooted in the genre's foundational aggression without straying far from established conventions.
Asbury Park, NJ, US · 2022–present · active
Asbury Park's Chasm Shroud blends black and death metal with a coastal bleakness befitting the New Jersey shore's off-season desolation. Their music is dense and atmospheric, mixing caustic riffing with moments of oppressive, suffocating dread.
Portland, OR, US · 2008–present · active
Portland's Chasma pursues black metal with a vast, atmospheric ambition that reflects the Pacific Northwest's tradition of introspective, nature-haunted extremity. Their compositions favor expansive, hypnotic repetition over aggression for its own sake.
Kokkola, FI · 2020–present · active
Melodic death metal band from Kokkola, Finland, formed in 2020. They craft melodic yet aggressive death metal from the Ostrobothnian coast.
MA, US · 2024–present · active
Massachusetts raw black metal project Chasmic Filth leans hard into lo-fi ugliness and punishing minimalism, operating with the contempt for accessibility that defines the American bedroom black metal underground. Their recordings are deliberately primitive and uncompromising.
Salt Lake City, UT, US · 2016–present · active
Salt Lake City black metal outfit Chasmlurk brings a cold, isolated quality to their sound that reflects the high-desert landscape and the Utah underground's remove from coastal scenes. Their approach favors atmosphere and menace over speed or technical display.
PA, US · 2014–present · active
Pennsylvania's Chasms dwell in the overlap of death doom and classic doom metal, conjuring slow, grief-stricken heaviness that unfolds with deliberate, funereal patience. Their compositions carry the weight of the genre's most suffocating traditions.
Cincinnati, OH, US · 2023–present · active
Cincinnati's Chastain, helmed by guitarist David T. Chastain and featuring the powerhouse vocals of Leather Leone, produced some of the most technically ambitious and melodically rich American power and heavy metal of the 1980s. Their catalog set a high bar for instrumental sophistication within a genre often judged primarily by sheer volume.
Littleton, CO, US · 1999–present · active
Littleton, Colorado's Chastisement approaches death metal with a direct, suffocating brutality that draws on the genre's most uncompromising American traditions. Their recordings reflect a commitment to heaviness above all other considerations.

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