| Chaos is My Name | |
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| Studio album by | |
| Released | October 24, 2006 [1] |
| Recorded | December 2004-December 2005 |
| Genre | Drone doom, avant-garde metal, dark ambient |
| Length | 42:55 |
| Label | Hydra Head Records [1] |
| Producer | James Plotkin |
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