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Surrender (2024)
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Leaders Not Followers: Part 2 (2024)
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De Doorn (Alternate Mix) (2022)
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Until We Break (feat. Matty Mullins of Memphis May Fire) (2022)
04/24 @ Northcote Theatre, Northcote
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Cleveland's Chimaira was one of the defining acts of the early 2000s heavy music scene, bridging the gap between metalcore, groove, and nu-metal with a raw ferocity that earned them a devoted following. Albums like 'Pass Out of Existence' and 'The Impossibility of Reason' cemented their place in the era's canon.
Philadelphia's Chimpgrinder is a slow, heavy assault built from the bones of sludge, doom, and stoner metal, bringing the city's gritty underground character to every feedback-laden note. Their approach is deliberately lumbering and oppressive, favoring weight over speed.
Black metal band from Bern, Switzerland, active since 2012. They channel dark, atmospheric intensity through the lens of Swiss black metal tradition.
Progressive groove-heavy metal band from Manchester, England, emerging in 2025. They blend progressive complexity with heavy grooves.
Los Angeles's China Girl operates in a deliberately chaotic space, blending black metal, death metal, thrash, and experimental noise into something abrasive and unpredictable. Their willingness to disrupt genre convention makes them a singular presence in the LA underground.
NWOBHM heavy metal band from Fareham in Hampshire, England. They channel the spirit of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal from the south coast.
NWOBHM heavy metal band from Sheffield, England, active since 1981. One of the original NWOBHM bands, Chinawite have been forging heavy metal from the Steel City for over four decades.
Power metal band from Boblingen near Stuttgart, Germany, active since 1995. With three decades of history, Chinchilla are stalwarts of the German power metal tradition, delivering melodic, high-energy metal.
Kent, Ohio's Chingada Carne delivers uncompromising brutal death metal with the kind of punishing low-end and guttural attack the genre demands. They operate squarely in the underground extreme metal tradition with no concession to accessibility.
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