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Follow me Down (2024)
Featured Stoner Metal Album
The Early Years (2014)
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The Atlantic Albums (2019)
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Milwaukee death/grind act Chopping Mall trade in B-movie-inspired carnage, delivering blasting extremity with a wicked sense of humor. Wisconsin underground weirdness at its finest.
Melodic death-thrash and groove metal band from Bochum, Germany, formed in 2016. They blend melodic guitar work with thrash velocity and heavy grooves from the central Ruhr.
Clovis, California death metal act Chopt keep things straightforward and heavy, focusing on riff-forward songwriting in the traditional mold. Central Valley brutality without frills.
Progressive groove metal act from Innlandet county in central Norway, formed in 2017. Chopworm delivers technically-inclined heavy grooves from the Norwegian interior.
Choque is a thrash/groove metal band from Santa Catarina, Brazil, formed in 2017. The band is active in the underground Brazilian metal scene and releases music independently through Bandcamp.
Thrash metal band from Berlin, Germany, formed in 2021. They deliver aggressive, riff-driven thrash from the German capital.
Memphis post-metal and sludge outfit Chora tap into the Southern Gothic heaviness of their surroundings, building massive, layered sonic structures that feel as humid and oppressive as a Tennessee summer. Slow and sprawling.
Gothic doom act from Kalmar on the Baltic coast, formed in 2024. Chord of Souls crafts dark, emotionally rich metal from southeastern Sweden.
Chicago's Chordate push death metal into strange experimental territory, dismantling genre conventions with unconventional structures and a restless sonic curiosity. Not for the orthodox.
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