Best bands from Chicago

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FuneralCircle
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Best bands from Chicago

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Why Chicago? Well... Master, War Cry, Death Strike, Cianide... They seem to have a monopoly on some of the most crushing and heavy bands!! Are there any bands I'm missing?!
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Yeah, War Cry is quite good. I'm also rather fond of Damien Thorne.
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Keir wrote:Yeah, War Cry is quite good. I'm also rather fond of Damien Thorne.
Ah what the fuck!! I wasn't even aware Damien Thorne were from Chicago! Killer!!
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DAMIEN THORNE
SLAUTER XSTROYES
THRUST
ZNOWHITE
ZOETROPE
TYRANT'S REIGN
SACRED WARRIOR
IVORY TIGER
MASTER
WARCRY
PARADOXX
EMMY STRUT
HAMMERON
SQUADRON
WITCHSLAYER
IRONHAWK
LATENT FURY
Good against Evil, Evil sure to win

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Post by Sgt. Kuntz »

All Chicago bands were great, except of ERIC STEEL. :lol:

THRUST, IRONHAWK, ZOETROPE, RIVAL, TROUBLE, TYRANT'S REIGN, ION VEIN, yeah...

And don't forget SORCERY (Sinister Soldiers)!
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ION BRITTON wrote:ZOETROPE
that "CREATURES" song kills!
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A few more : MORTAR, DEVASTATION, AFTERMATH, ENFORCER, ABOMINATION, SINDROME, FATAL VIOLENCE, ANNIHILATION, ...
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Post by Cult_Metal_GR »

I think that in general Chicago knew how to play metal.

Some of the greatest:

Iron Hawk
Slauter Xstroyes
Emmy Strut
Tyrant's Reign
Ivory Tiger
Zoetrope
War Cry
Znowhite
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Post by Pestkrieg »

More modern, but Scepter definitely.
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Usurper!
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Post by great_knuthulhu »

There were loads of great bands, most of the ones I'm familiar with have been mentioned. Slauter Xstroyes deserve to be mentioned even more though. For me, one of the top ten metal bands ever. Hm, or at least in the top 20.
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The_Elite wrote:Usurper!
OOOGH!
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Post by MEXDefenderOfSteel »

most of the importnat ones were already mentioned i see, just one doubt, Shok Paris were from Cleveland or Chicago??
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Post by Warepire »

MEXDefenderOfSteel wrote:most of the importnat ones were already mentioned i see, just one doubt, Shok Paris were from Cleveland or Chicago??
Shok Paris are from Cleveland... They appeared on the Cleveland Metal comp. among other things.

To this list I want to add Winterkill for their first album. Superb stuff.
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Post by Professor Black »

Scepter's debut is my favorite metal album to come from Chicago.

The Metal Haven farewell show in May was a great night of Chicago metal:

Enforcer
High Spirits
The Chasm
Slauter Xstroyes
Kommandant
Diamond Plate
Empyreus
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