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.

Chapel of Ruin was a death metal band from Pamplin, Virginia, active from 2010 to 2015, that drew on the classic sounds of Suffocation, Cannibal Corpse, and Bolt Thrower. Their full-length album He Who Is Everything, released in 2014, is the band's primary recorded statement.

Fort Smith's Charnal melds black and death metal into a vicious, unpolished hybrid with the raw edge typical of the Arkansas underground. Their recordings favor suffocating density over technical refinement.

Florida's Charnel Grounds pursue technical death metal with surgical precision, wielding complex arrangements and intricate fretwork in the tradition of the Sunshine State's storied extreme metal scene. Their compositions reward close listening with layers of dense, disciplined brutality.

Queens death-thrash outfit Charnel House drew from New York's fertile extreme metal soil, combining the aggression of early thrash with the morbid textures of death metal. Their approach reflects the raw intensity that defined the New York underground in the genre's formative years.

Denver's Charon Kruk occupies the blackened death metal space with a sound that is dense, grim, and deliberately claustrophobic. The project leans into ugliness as an aesthetic virtue, favoring atmosphere forged through abrasion.

South Florida's Charred serves up a punishing blend of death and thrash metal with the sun-scorched brutality typical of the state's extreme metal underground. Their riffs hit with a blunt, relentless force that prioritizes savagery over subtlety.