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No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Mechanicsville, Virginia's Chogori, named after the world's second-highest peak, channels that sense of brutal, inhuman scale into raw and atmospheric black metal. Their music aims for the kind of vast, crushing desolation the K2 summit evokes.
Scranton, Pennsylvania's Choice to Make delivers crossover thrash with the working-class urgency you'd expect from a city with that kind of blue-collar character. Their sound borrows equally from hardcore's political directness and thrash metal's riff-driven aggression.
Hutchinson, Kansas's Choirs of the Void crafts doom metal that leans into the vast, empty spaces of the Great Plains, creating slow and suffocating compositions that feel as isolated as their geography. The weight is intentional — every note chosen for maximum devastation.
Lake Charles, Louisiana's Choke combines sludge metal's swampy density with Southern groove and the blunt force of heavy riffing deeply tied to the Gulf Coast's murky musical tradition. Their sound is thick, hot, and relentless, rooted in the swamp.
Cleveland's Choke tears through crossover thrash and death metal with the abrasive energy of the Midwest underground, keeping things fast and nasty in a city with a long tradition of brutal music. Their approach is economical and aggressive, built for impact.
Green Bay, Wisconsin's Choke blends the speed and brutality of death metal with grindcore's extreme brevity and sonic violence, delivering short, punishing blasts from the upper Midwest underground. Their music wastes no time and spares no ear.
Choke is a groove/death metal and grindcore band from Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil. Signed to Top Music Brazil, the band's lyrical themes center on death, misery, and social unrest, and their early releases include the demo "Dictatorshit Holocaust from Third World" (1999) and the split CD "Manifest" (2001) with STN, followed by "Slum Radio" in 2003.
Richmond, Virginia's Choke Chain delivers death metal with the aggressive directness that has made Richmond's extreme metal scene one of the most respected underground communities on the East Coast. Their sound is tight and vicious, reflecting the city's longstanding commitment to extreme music.
Ohio's Choke Hold brings crossover thrash sensibilities into collision with groove metal's heavier rhythmic swagger, producing a sound that is both aggressive and physically propulsive. Their work is built to move bodies in the pit as much as challenge ears.
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