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Safe House (2017)
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A Grey Sigh In A Flower Husk (2007)
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Paper Tiger (2025)
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Death metal act from Vils, Austria, formed in 2017. They deliver crushing, heavy death metal rooted in the European tradition, bringing uncompromising aggression from the rural Tyrolean underground.
Thrash metal band from Spaichingen in the Swabian Alb, Germany, formed in 2015. They channel aggressive, riff-driven thrash from the rural Baden-Wurttemberg highlands.
Progressive metal act from Ljubljana, active since 2013. Chaosstar crafts intricate, technically-driven progressive metal from the Slovenian capital.
Heavy metal band from Athens, Greece, active since 2013. They deliver classic heavy metal from the Greek capital.
Death metal band from Innsbruck, Austria, active since 2013. Operating from the heart of the Alps, they channel raw death metal intensity with a focus on heaviness and extremity.
Chaostrophe is a death metal band from St. Cloud, Minnesota, formed in 2008, that incorporates melodic and progressive elements into their approach to the genre. The band has operated independently in the Minnesota metal underground.
Chaosweaver formed in Helsinki, Finland in 2004, constructing a symphonic black metal sound augmented with industrial electronic elements and thematic interests in theoretical physics, Finnish mythology, and chaos theory. The band drew compositional influence from Jean Sibelius, Carl Orff, and Richard Wagner alongside extreme metal predecessors. They have released two studio albums and maintained a relatively low profile within the Finnish metal underground.
Crushing Deathcore from Houston.
ChaosWolf is a black metal band from Veracruz, Mexico, active since 2007 and signed to Caligo Arcanum Productions. The band's lyrical themes span lycanthropy, chaos, philosophy, and pessimism, and they have built an extensive discography including Eight Howls of Chaos, Howls from the Nihil, Trinity of Wolfen Funeral Void, and their more recent releases El execrable banquete de Esperpento and Ontología del desecho.
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