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Melodic death-thrash act from Södertälje near Stockholm, active since 2014. Chaosys delivers aggressive, hook-driven extreme metal.
Melodic death metal band from Helsinki, Finland, active since 2013. They craft melodic yet chaotic death metal from the Finnish capital.
Death metal band from Copenhagen, Denmark, formed in 2019. They channel old-school death metal darkness and ferocity from the Danish capital.
Chaotic Desolation is a one-man melodic death/thrash/black metal project from Osasco, São Paulo, Brazil, founded by multi-instrumentalist Thiago Alboneti, who is also known for his work in Beyond Chaos and Infinity of Thoughts. The project released its debut album Biological Sonnet in March 2024, drawing influences from Machine Head, Iced Earth, Nevermore, and Lamb of God.
Chaotic End is a brutal death metal band from Gunnison, Colorado, founded in 2004 by the Parker brothers, that eventually evolved into the project Prophecy of Suffering. Their 2016 EP, later re-recorded under the new name, showcases dense, technical brutality rooted in the US brutal death metal tradition.
Chaotic End is a blackened brutal death metal band from San Antonio, Texas, formed in 2009, that blends the harshness of black metal with the density of brutal death metal. The band stands out in the San Antonio scene as one of the few acts pushing the blackened death metal sound.
Chaotic Entity is a death and thrash metal band from Grafton, North Dakota, formed in 2018, that blends brutal and melodic death metal alongside thrash influences, drawing lyrical themes from gore, science fiction, and social commentary. They released both a demo and the album Body Harvest independently in 2021.
Chaotic Evil is a crossover thrash band from Bakersfield, California that combines thrash metal riffs with hardcore punk aggression in the classic Southern California crossover tradition. The band operated independently before eventually splitting up.
Chaotic Injustice is a thrash metal band from Portland, Oregon, formed as a three-piece featuring members of Mangled Corpse and Menacing Terror, that debuted with a demo in 2021 released on Headsplit Records. Their sound delivers straightforward, riff-driven thrash in the Pacific Northwest underground.
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