As heavy as the Pacific fog, Santa Cruz's own Chrome Serpent have crept steadily through the local music scene on a misty blanket of smokey stoner riffs and crushing rhythms since 2020. Birthed from a love of all things hard and heavy, this power trio draws inspiration from a vast array of influences and creates something unique: doomy, sludgy, balls to the wall rock with flare-ups of thrash and punk. Whether jamming with peers on the local dive bar circuit or rocking the outer stretches of the Bay Area like Oakland, Monterey, San Jose and San Francisco, Chrome Serpent can be counted on for Sabbathian itch-scratching, head banging boogies, and a set full of inebriating riffs. After a year hiatus, drummer Stephen Madrano (current Unholy Things) joins Mike Brown and Jesse Polakow (bass and guitar, respectively) in cutting a fresh path forward with new material. Constantly in flux, never stagnant, the music shifts and un-coils, much like the band's cryptic namesake.