Johannesburg’s Chaos Doctrine formed in 2010, but went through a number of line-up changes and limbo before releasing their 2018 self-titled debut. Their sound is one that fuses all the extreme elements of thrash and death metal with vicious sound bites all of which are housed in a dark industrial warehouse of horrors. The South African scene has never had a band quite like it, and the album showcased all the pent-up rage that they had been building towards with malicious intent. Since then, there have been a few more member changes, with the addition of a new guitarist in the form of Alec Surridge of Sacraphyx fame and, as of earlier this year, drummer Rory Townes. The energy found in new single “Father Grigori” takes things to another level, with a stronger element of melody that was mis...
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