“It seems like the metal purists are a little… shy about claiming us,” Chat Pile guitarist Luther Manhole admits.
He’s not wrong. Despite having a sound that crosses over into a variety of scenes – from hardcore to noise rock, alt metal and beyond – and releasing critically acclaimed albums in 2022’s God’s Country and 2024’s Cool World, the Oklahoma City quartet seem to do a pretty good job of pissing people off. Not least because they’re using the iconography of extreme metal.
