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Say The Phrase (2022)
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Hands Off She’s Mine (Live) (2021)
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In The Name of Reason (2017)
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Heavy metal band from Rome, formed in 2016. Chronic Hangover brings rough-edged, no-frills heavy metal energy to the Italian capital's scene.
Death-grind act from Estremoz in the Alentejo, formed in 2018. Chronic Infection delivers blast-driven extremity from the marble-quarrying town of central Portugal.
Kansas City doom and stoner metal act Chronic Lethargy lives up to their name with slow, fuzz-soaked riffs and a hazy, psychedelic heaviness that invites deep listening. Their sound draws on the cosmic, heavy-lidded side of the doom tradition.
Heavy metal band from Bakel in North Brabant, active since 2013. Chronic Noise delivers straightforward traditional metal from the southern Netherlands.
Thrash metal band from Aue-Bad Schlema in the Erzgebirge, Germany, formed in 2024. They bring fresh thrash aggression from the Saxon mountain region.
Seattle grindcore band Chronic Tomb delivers short, punishing blasts of noise in the Pacific Northwest underground tradition. Their music favors velocity and controlled chaos over any concession toward accessibility.
Black-thrash metal band from Frederikshavn in northern Jutland, Denmark, formed in 2024. They fuse black metal darkness with thrash metal speed.
Symphonic melodic death-power metal band from Espoo, Finland, formed in 2018. They blend the melodic sensibility of Scandinavian death metal with symphonic orchestration and power metal hooks.
Richland, Washington's Chronicler of Ardul weaves symphonic orchestration into black and death metal to construct expansive, fantastical compositions. Their music reaches for the epic and the cinematic within extreme metal's structural framework.
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