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Chain Driven is a Southern metal band from McLeansboro, Illinois, fusing the heavy groove of Southern rock and metal with working-class grit and bluesy riffing. Their approach echoes the swampy, slow-burning heaviness associated with the American South.
Progressive thrash act from Fredrikstad, southeastern Norway, formed in 2020. Chain Home delivers technically ambitious thrash from the Østfold region.
Heavy metal band from Camborne in Cornwall, England, formed in 2024. They deliver classic heavy metal from the English West Country.
Folk-thrash act from the Heerlen and Sittard area in Limburg, active since 2012. Chain of Dogs — named after a Malazan Book of the Fallen event — blends folk melodies with thrash metal aggression.
Thrash metal band from Örebro, formed in 2025. Chain of Hate brings fresh thrash aggression to central Sweden.
NWOBHM-inspired heavy metal band from St. Columb Major in Cornwall, England, formed in 2016. They channel the spirit of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal from the Cornish countryside.
Melodic death-heavy metal band from Laihia, Finland, formed in 2021. They blend melodic death metal harmonies with classic heavy metal hooks.
Chain Wolf is a Los Angeles, California crossover thrash band fusing the breakneck speed and aggression of thrash metal with the hardcore punk energy of crossover. Their sound captures the raw, street-level intensity that defined the mid-1980s crossover movement.
Old-school thrash metal band from Linz, Austria, formed in 2018, drawing heavily from 1980s thrash traditions. Their debut 'Wasteland City' was recorded at Deep Deep Pressure Studios and released as a limited 500-copy CD pressing, channeling raw, headbanging energy.
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