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Chaosmic is a progressive stoner metal band from Raleigh, North Carolina, formed in 2011, that fuses heavy psych and doom-influenced riffs with dynamic song structures drawing from influences ranging from Mastodon and Electric Wizard to Opeth and Tool. Their album Sunborn demonstrates their blend of heavy textures and melodic songwriting.
Chaosmonaut is an experimental doom and sludge metal band from Boise, Idaho, formed in 2017, that draws on jazz, drone, and progressive rock alongside classic doom influences like Yob and Earth. The band is known for long-form compositions and a freeform approach to heavy music.
Death metal band from the Aargau/Lucerne region of Switzerland, active since 2014. Their catalog, spanning releases like For Chaos Shall Reign and Choirs of Extinction, delivers relentless death metal brutality.
Chaosmongers was a thrash metal band from Detroit, Michigan, formed in 2002, connected to other Detroit metal acts of the same period. The band remained an independent underground act throughout their existence before splitting up.
Chaosophia is a depressive black metal band from San Martín, Buenos Aires, Argentina, formed around 2009–2010 with a core trio of Kanaglia on vocals, Kaos on guitar, and Kosmos on drums. The band released a demo called "Funeral March" in 2009 and appeared on two split releases through the Argentine underground label Black Noise Records: "Extremities of an Abyss" (with La Torture Des Ténèbres, 2016) and "6th Extinction" (with Cryptogenus and Parasomnia, 2017). Both split releases were limited-edition physical formats typical of the Argentine black metal underground.
Chaosophy is a chaos gnostic black metal band from Madison, Wisconsin, formed in 2012, that channels anti-cosmic and occult themes through bleak, bludgeoning black metal compositions. Their self-titled debut and subsequent split with Terranaut reflect an uncompromising approach to the raw, atmospheric end of the genre.
Blackened death-thrash band from Kassel, Germany, formed in 2018. They fuse the darkness of black metal with the brutality of death metal and the velocity of thrash.
Chaosphere is a US power and thrash metal band that fuses the melodic ambition of power metal with thrash aggression. The band operates independently, releasing music through their Bandcamp page.
Death-groove-thrash metal band from Lyon, France, formed in 2016. They blend heavy grooves with death-thrash aggression from France's second city.
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