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Progressive groove-heavy metal band from Manchester, England, emerging in 2025. They blend progressive complexity with heavy grooves.
Los Angeles's China Girl operates in a deliberately chaotic space, blending black metal, death metal, thrash, and experimental noise into something abrasive and unpredictable. Their willingness to disrupt genre convention makes them a singular presence in the LA underground.
NWOBHM heavy metal band from Fareham in Hampshire, England. They channel the spirit of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal from the south coast.
NWOBHM heavy metal band from Sheffield, England, active since 1981. One of the original NWOBHM bands, Chinawite have been forging heavy metal from the Steel City for over four decades.
Power metal band from Boblingen near Stuttgart, Germany, active since 1995. With three decades of history, Chinchilla are stalwarts of the German power metal tradition, delivering melodic, high-energy metal.
Kent, Ohio's Chingada Carne delivers uncompromising brutal death metal with the kind of punishing low-end and guttural attack the genre demands. They operate squarely in the underground extreme metal tradition with no concession to accessibility.
Denver's Chingaso rolls out a thick slab of Southern metal and stoner rock heaviness, bringing desert-baked riffs and a loose, confident groove to the Colorado underground. Their sound is built for long nights and heavy haze.
Heavy metal band from Madrid, Spain, formed in 2015. They forge classic heavy metal from the Spanish capital.
Chiodos were architects of the mid-2000s post-hardcore explosion, bringing theatrical flair and technical complexity to the scene from Davison, Michigan starting in 2001. Craig Owens' flamboyant vocal style and the band's intricate guitar work on 'All's Well That Ends Well' and 'Bone Palace Ballet' helped define the era's maximalist approach to the genre. Their baroque sensibility and willingness to push post-hardcore toward progressive territory made them one of the scene's most distinctive acts.
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