To my complete surprise I was contacted by Marcus, the band leader of CHAOS UNLEASHED, with the question whether I would be interested in reviewing their brand new album “I Am Chaos” for metal Temple? Well, as they are a band from my native country the Netherlands, who am I to decline such an offer? CHAOS UNLEASHED were formed in 2020 in Hoorn, in the north west of the Netherlands and “I Am Chaos” is their first release that I know of. Even the Metal Archives couldn't give me more. There are just three of them in the line up, but I can assure you that they are able to make a bloody racket between the three of them.

Musically CHAOS UNLEASHED are classed as a Thrah Metal band, but I feel that is just a bit narrow minded, as therr is a lot of Groove as well as a small bit of Hardcore mixed in there at times. It takes them very close to the Extreme Metal genre. And then there is the voice of Marcus, who sounds like a very angry man, trying to shout and scream us in such a way that you are afraifd that he is going to spill his intestines all over the floor in the process. He reminds me as bit of Max Cavalera, only with a Henry Rollins attitude. And to be fair, what he does makes the whole musical experience of “I Am Chaos” come together in a good way, even if you fear for his sanity.

You know me, I will have to get to the CHAOS UNLEASHED songs next. They are furious, very much in your face and extremely effective. They don't enter your ears in a subtle way at all, no, they are shot in their with maximum force. You had better be prepared for a full on assault on your senses, as that is what you are getting. As soon as they have accepted and survived the attack, you wil find that the pleasure starts, as “I Am Chaos” is filled with very good songs indeed. This could almost be classed as Extreme Metal, that is how aggressive the CHAOS UNLEASHED sound is on “I Am Chaos”. But let's keep to the moniker of Thrash Metal with Groove, Hardcore and Extreme tendencies, and you will find that that is as close as you can get. I have enjoyed listening to and reviewing CHAOS UNLEASHED on their debut album. Now I will havew to brace myself to go see them live next. And hopefelly after that they will have another album to torture me with.