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To Take Your Place (2022)
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Seventh Rum of a Seventh Rum (2022)
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A Stare Bound in Stone (2018)
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Indiana brutal death and slam act Chop Shop lean into the most grotesque corners of the genre, combining pummeling slam breakdowns with hardcore-inflected brutality. Unsubtle and intentionally so.
Death metal band from Bamberg, Germany, formed in 2021. They deliver crushing old-school death metal from the medieval Franconian city.
Philadelphia's Chopped Up blend death metal violence with grind efficiency and hardcore swagger, keeping things fast and ugly in the tradition of Philly's combative underground. Short and brutal.
Milwaukee death/grind act Chopping Mall trade in B-movie-inspired carnage, delivering blasting extremity with a wicked sense of humor. Wisconsin underground weirdness at its finest.
Melodic death-thrash and groove metal band from Bochum, Germany, formed in 2016. They blend melodic guitar work with thrash velocity and heavy grooves from the central Ruhr.
Clovis, California death metal act Chopt keep things straightforward and heavy, focusing on riff-forward songwriting in the traditional mold. Central Valley brutality without frills.
Progressive groove metal act from Innlandet county in central Norway, formed in 2017. Chopworm delivers technically-inclined heavy grooves from the Norwegian interior.
Choque is a thrash/groove metal band from Santa Catarina, Brazil, formed in 2017. The band is active in the underground Brazilian metal scene and releases music independently through Bandcamp.
Thrash metal band from Berlin, Germany, formed in 2021. They deliver aggressive, riff-driven thrash from the German capital.
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