Big Chocolate (musician)
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Cameron Argon, better known by his stage name Big Chocolate (born August 21, 1990 in Laguna Hills, CA) is an American musician, producer and vlog
ger. He is co-founder of the death metal
band Disfiguring the Goddess and has gained renowned work in the music industry by his skill in music production and remixing. Argon specializes in electronic dance music
styles ranging from dubstep
, drum and bass
and electronica
. He has released four EPs and one full-length EDM album to date and has done remixes for Suicide Silence
, Asking Alexandria
, Iwrestledabearonce
and many others. He's performed in various clubs along the West Coast and has toured the United States with Dance Gavin Dance
, Iwrestledabearonce
and In Fear and Faith
during the spring of 2011, as well as the entire Warped Tour
during the same year.
' album, Offspring of Time as well as toured Europe with them on the Legacy of Blood tour alongside Suffocation
. Shortly after that, a representative at Century Media Records
reached out to Argon for a request to remix the song, "Disengage
" by Suicide Silence
. Argon accepted the offer and found that he loved the freedom and creativeness remixing allowed and began focusing his efforts on the entire EDM scene. Shortly after that, he released his first and second EPs, First Degree Revolution and Shacka Brah. At the time, Argon was still in college and was creating music for the fun of it. It wasn't until the late summer of 2010 that he decided not to enroll for the upcoming Fall semester and concentrate on music full time. He continued to receive opportunities for remixes, released the I'm Shot EP and then was confirmed for Dance Gavin Dance's reunion tour in the Spring of 2011. He released his third EP, HiLion on March 1, 2011, that featured the title track single with guest appearances by the rapper, Grieves
. On March 2, 2011 it was announced that Big Chocolate would be performing all summer long on that year's Warped Tour
.
industrial metal
duo. Commissioner had released two tracks before releasing their EP, one featuring Whitechapel
frontman Phil Bozeman, entitled "Click Click Flash" and the other being "Consume" which marked the debut release by the group. The duo released their first EP titled What Is? on March 21, 2011.
EPs
Unreleased or Demo EPs
Singles
Unreleased Singles
Exclusive Mixtapes
Remixes
With Disfiguring the Goddess
Albums
Demos
EPs
With Commissioner
With Burning the Masses
Songs Featured In
Vlog
Video blogging, sometimes shortened to vlogging or vidding or vidblogging is a form of blogging for which the medium is video, and is a form of Web television. Entries often combine embedded video or a video link with supporting text, images, and other metadata. Entries can be recorded in one take...
ger. He is co-founder of the death metal
Death metal
Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It typically employs heavily distorted guitars, tremolo picking, deep growling vocals, blast beat drumming, minor keys or atonality, and complex song structures with multiple tempo changes....
band Disfiguring the Goddess and has gained renowned work in the music industry by his skill in music production and remixing. Argon specializes in electronic dance music
Electronic dance music
Electronic dance music is electronic music produced primarily for the purposes of use within a nightclub setting, or in an environment that is centered upon dance-based entertainment...
styles ranging from dubstep
Dubstep
Dubstep is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in south London, England. Its overall sound has been described as "tightly coiled productions with overwhelming bass lines and reverberant drum patterns, clipped samples, and occasional vocals"....
, drum and bass
Drum and bass
Drum and bass is a type of electronic music which emerged in the late 1980s. The genre is characterized by fast breakbeats , with heavy bass and sub-bass lines...
and electronica
Electronica
Electronica includes a wide range of contemporary electronic music designed for a wide range of uses, including foreground listening, some forms of dancing, and background music for other activities; however, unlike electronic dance music, it is not specifically made for dancing...
. He has released four EPs and one full-length EDM album to date and has done remixes for Suicide Silence
Suicide Silence
Suicide Silence is an American extreme metal band from Riverside, California. The group consists of vocalist Mitch Lucker, guitarists Chris Garza and Mark Heylmun, drummer Alex Lopez and bassist Dan Kenny. Formed in 2002, the band has released three full-length studio albums, one EP and seven music...
, Asking Alexandria
Asking Alexandria
Asking Alexandria are a British metalcore band from York, North Yorkshire. Founded in 2008 when Ben Bruce contacted his old companions upon returning to the UK after residing in Dubai...
, Iwrestledabearonce
Iwrestledabearonce
Iwrestledabearonce is an American heavy metal band formed in 2007 in Shreveport, Louisiana, and currently based in Birmingham, Alabama. They have released one EP and two full-length albums, and have toured with acts such as August Burns Red, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Dance Gavin Dance, The Human...
and many others. He's performed in various clubs along the West Coast and has toured the United States with Dance Gavin Dance
Dance Gavin Dance
Dance Gavin Dance was an American post-hardcore band formed in Sacramento, California in 2005. They released four full length studio albums and one EP...
, Iwrestledabearonce
Iwrestledabearonce
Iwrestledabearonce is an American heavy metal band formed in 2007 in Shreveport, Louisiana, and currently based in Birmingham, Alabama. They have released one EP and two full-length albums, and have toured with acts such as August Burns Red, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Dance Gavin Dance, The Human...
and In Fear and Faith
In Fear and Faith
In Fear and Faith is an American rock band from San Diego, California. Formed in 2006, the group is currently signed to Rise Records and have released two studio albums and two EPs. Their debut full-length, Your World on Fire, being released nearly a year after the band's signing to Rise in 2008,...
during the spring of 2011, as well as the entire Warped Tour
Warped Tour 2011
Warped Tour 2011 is the 17th annual Summer Warped Tour festival. Vans Shoes is again the tour's primary sponsor. The tour dates were announced on November 22, 2010, with the first official band announcement on December 8...
during the same year.
History
Prior to working under the name Big Chocolate full time, Argon was spending most of his time concentrating on heavy metal, mainly with his band, Disfiguring the Goddess. Argon also was the lead vocalist in the heavy metal band Malodorous throughout 2008. Argon handled lead vocals on Burning the MassesBurning The Masses
Burning The Masses is an American Technical Death Metal band based in San Diego, CA. They are signed on Mediaskare Records and have already released two full-length albums and an EP under that label. Their music involves instrumental complexity derived from death metal.Burning the Masses has...
' album, Offspring of Time as well as toured Europe with them on the Legacy of Blood tour alongside Suffocation
Suffocation (band)
Suffocation is an American death metal band that was formed in 1989 in Long Island, New York. The band comprises vocalist Frank Mullen, guitarists Terrance Hobbs and Guy Marchais, drummer Mike Smith and bassist Derek Boyer. Suffocation rose to prominence of death metal and created a blueprint for...
. Shortly after that, a representative at Century Media Records
Century Media Records
Century Media Records is an Independent record label with offices in the United States, Germany, Australia, France, Italy, Sweden, Finland, and the United Kingdom.- Background :...
reached out to Argon for a request to remix the song, "Disengage
Disengage (song)
"Disengage" is a song by American deathcore band, Suicide Silence. The song was released as the second single from their second album, No Time to Bleed on April 20, 2010.- Background :...
" by Suicide Silence
Suicide Silence
Suicide Silence is an American extreme metal band from Riverside, California. The group consists of vocalist Mitch Lucker, guitarists Chris Garza and Mark Heylmun, drummer Alex Lopez and bassist Dan Kenny. Formed in 2002, the band has released three full-length studio albums, one EP and seven music...
. Argon accepted the offer and found that he loved the freedom and creativeness remixing allowed and began focusing his efforts on the entire EDM scene. Shortly after that, he released his first and second EPs, First Degree Revolution and Shacka Brah. At the time, Argon was still in college and was creating music for the fun of it. It wasn't until the late summer of 2010 that he decided not to enroll for the upcoming Fall semester and concentrate on music full time. He continued to receive opportunities for remixes, released the I'm Shot EP and then was confirmed for Dance Gavin Dance's reunion tour in the Spring of 2011. He released his third EP, HiLion on March 1, 2011, that featured the title track single with guest appearances by the rapper, Grieves
Grieves
-Career:Laub released his first album, Irreversible, independently in 2007. In 2008, Laub teamed up with multi-instrumentalist and producer Budo, with whom he would release his next two albums: 88 Keys & Counting in 2008, and Together/Apart in 2011. Laub, along with Budo, performed at South by...
. On March 2, 2011 it was announced that Big Chocolate would be performing all summer long on that year's Warped Tour
Warped Tour
The Warped Tour is a touring music and extreme sports festival. The tour is held in venues such as parking lots or fields upon which the stages and other structures are erected. The BMX/skateboarding shoe manufacturer Vans, among others, has sponsored the tour every year since 1995, and it is...
.
Commissioner
After mixing his first track for Suicide Silence, Argon struck up a friendship with the band and Suicide Silence vocalist, Mitch Lucker, formed, Commissioner, an extremeExtreme metal
Extreme metal is a loosely defined umbrella term for a number of related heavy metal music subgenres that have developed since the early 1980s. The term usually refers to a more abrasive, harsher, underground, non-commercialized style or sound nearly always associated with genres like black metal,...
industrial metal
Industrial metal
Industrial metal is a musical genre that draws from industrial music and many different types of heavy metal, using repeating metal guitar riffs, sampling, synthesizer or sequencer lines, and distorted vocals. Founding industrial metal acts include Ministry, Godflesh, and KMFDM.Industrial metal's...
duo. Commissioner had released two tracks before releasing their EP, one featuring Whitechapel
Whitechapel (band)
Whitechapel is an American deathcore band from Knoxville, Tennessee. The group comprises vocalist Phil Bozeman, guitarists Ben Savage, Alex Wade, Zach Householder; bassist Gabe Crisp and drummer Ben Harclerode. Their band name is derived from a district in the built-up inner city of London, known...
frontman Phil Bozeman, entitled "Click Click Flash" and the other being "Consume" which marked the debut release by the group. The duo released their first EP titled What Is? on March 21, 2011.
The Mercury Drug
The Mercury Drug is an experimental electronic musical endeavor created by Dr. Alpha and Big Chocolate in the year 2008.Discography
Albums- CMA (2009)
EPs
- First Degree Revolution (2010)
- Shacka Brah (2010)
- I'm Shot (2010)
- Hilion (2011)
- TBA (2012)
Unreleased or Demo EPs
- LIL V EP (2011)
Singles
- IMTOAA (2010)
- Jail Time Feat. Ante (2010)
- Hush Little Angle Here's an Umbrella (2010)
- Sound Of My Voice Feat. Weerd Science (2011)
Unreleased Singles
- O'mastafari (2010)
- Cha Witcha KNAW (2010)
- Big chocolate's Christmas Song (2010)
- Truman's Tail (Feat. Budo) (2011)
Exclusive Mixtapes
- 2011 Warped Tour Sampler (2011)
Remixes
- ArchitectsArchitects (British band)Architects are an English Metalcore band from Brighton, England, formed in 2004. The band went through several name changes before they decided upon Architects. Their first name was Inharmonic, which was swiftly changed to Counting the Days...
- "Day in Day Out" (2010) - ArchitectsArchitects (British band)Architects are an English Metalcore band from Brighton, England, formed in 2004. The band went through several name changes before they decided upon Architects. Their first name was Inharmonic, which was swiftly changed to Counting the Days...
- "Learn To Live" (2010) - As I Lay DyingAs I Lay Dying (band)As I Lay Dying is an American metalcore band from San Diego, California. Founded in 2000 by Tim Lambesis and having completed their first Line-up in 2001, the band consists of vocalist Tim Lambesis, drummer Jordan Mancino, lead guitarist Nick Hipa, rhythm guitarist Phil Sgrosso, and bassist Josh...
- "Elegy" (2011) - Asking AlexandriaAsking AlexandriaAsking Alexandria are a British metalcore band from York, North Yorkshire. Founded in 2008 when Ben Bruce contacted his old companions upon returning to the UK after residing in Dubai...
- "A Prophecy (Electro VIP)" (2010) - Asking AlexandriaAsking AlexandriaAsking Alexandria are a British metalcore band from York, North Yorkshire. Founded in 2008 when Ben Bruce contacted his old companions upon returning to the UK after residing in Dubai...
- "A Prophecy" (2010) - Asking AlexandriaAsking AlexandriaAsking Alexandria are a British metalcore band from York, North Yorkshire. Founded in 2008 when Ben Bruce contacted his old companions upon returning to the UK after residing in Dubai...
- "When Everyday's the Weekend" (2010) - Asking AlexandriaAsking AlexandriaAsking Alexandria are a British metalcore band from York, North Yorkshire. Founded in 2008 when Ben Bruce contacted his old companions upon returning to the UK after residing in Dubai...
- "I Used To Have A Best Friend (But Then He Gave Me An STD)" (2010) - Bad Rabbits - "Booties" (2011)
- Black Dots Of Death - "Standing Alone" (2010)
- BlessthefallBlessthefallBlessthefall is an American metalcore band from Phoenix, Arizona, currently signed to Fearless Records. The band was founded in 2003 by guitarist Mike Frisby, drummer Matt Traynor, and bassist Jared Warth. Their debut album, His Last Walk, with original vocalist Craig Mabbitt, was released April...
- "Promised Ones" (2011) - Big ChocolateBig Chocolate"Big Chocolate" is a business term assigned to multi-national chocolate food producers, much akin to the terms assigned to "Big Oil" and "Big Tobacco"....
- "Bitches on My Money" (2011) - Breathe CarolinaBreathe CarolinaBreathe Carolina is an American electronic rock musical duo from Denver, Colorado, composed of David Schmitt and Kyle Even. Breathe Carolina have released three albums, one EP, and five music videos to date.-Beginnings :...
- "Blackout" (2011) - Breathe CarolinaBreathe CarolinaBreathe Carolina is an American electronic rock musical duo from Denver, Colorado, composed of David Schmitt and Kyle Even. Breathe Carolina have released three albums, one EP, and five music videos to date.-Beginnings :...
- "Blackout (105 BPM VIP)" (2011) - The Cool KidsThe Cool KidsThe Cool Kids is an American hip hop group. Consisting of rappers Antoine "Sir Michael Rocks" Reed and Evan "Chuck Inglish" Ingersoll , the group is based in Chicago, Illinois and Detroit, Michigan...
- "Black Mags" (2011) - Destruction of a Rose - "No Need For A Crutch" (2010)
- Disfiguring the Goddess - "Uprising" (2010)
- Ion DissonanceIon DissonanceIon Dissonance is a Canadian mathcore/deathcore band from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They're known for their technical mathcore style but changed to a more heavy, groove based style with the release of their 2007 album Minus the Herd.-History:...
- "You People Are Messed Up" (2010) - Ion DissonanceIon DissonanceIon Dissonance is a Canadian mathcore/deathcore band from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They're known for their technical mathcore style but changed to a more heavy, groove based style with the release of their 2007 album Minus the Herd.-History:...
- "After Everything That Happened, What Did You Expect?" (2010) - IwrestledabearonceIwrestledabearonceIwrestledabearonce is an American heavy metal band formed in 2007 in Shreveport, Louisiana, and currently based in Birmingham, Alabama. They have released one EP and two full-length albums, and have toured with acts such as August Burns Red, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Dance Gavin Dance, The Human...
- "Danger in the Manger" (2010) - IwrestledabearonceIwrestledabearonceIwrestledabearonce is an American heavy metal band formed in 2007 in Shreveport, Louisiana, and currently based in Birmingham, Alabama. They have released one EP and two full-length albums, and have toured with acts such as August Burns Red, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Dance Gavin Dance, The Human...
- "Taste Like Kevin Bacon" (2011) - Scanners (band)Scanners (band)-History:The band was initially formed by Matthew Mole and Sarah Daly around 2004, who after...
- "Baby Blue" (2011) - Suicide SilenceSuicide SilenceSuicide Silence is an American extreme metal band from Riverside, California. The group consists of vocalist Mitch Lucker, guitarists Chris Garza and Mark Heylmun, drummer Alex Lopez and bassist Dan Kenny. Formed in 2002, the band has released three full-length studio albums, one EP and seven music...
- No Time to BleedNo Time to Bleed (song)"No Time to Bleed" is a song by American metal band, Suicide Silence. The song was released as the third and final single and is the title track from the band's second full-length album of the same name.-Background:...
(2010) - Suicide SilenceSuicide SilenceSuicide Silence is an American extreme metal band from Riverside, California. The group consists of vocalist Mitch Lucker, guitarists Chris Garza and Mark Heylmun, drummer Alex Lopez and bassist Dan Kenny. Formed in 2002, the band has released three full-length studio albums, one EP and seven music...
- DisengageDisengage (song)"Disengage" is a song by American deathcore band, Suicide Silence. The song was released as the second single from their second album, No Time to Bleed on April 20, 2010.- Background :...
(2010) - Suicide SilenceSuicide SilenceSuicide Silence is an American extreme metal band from Riverside, California. The group consists of vocalist Mitch Lucker, guitarists Chris Garza and Mark Heylmun, drummer Alex Lopez and bassist Dan Kenny. Formed in 2002, the band has released three full-length studio albums, one EP and seven music...
- "Human Violence" (2011) - Suicide SilenceSuicide SilenceSuicide Silence is an American extreme metal band from Riverside, California. The group consists of vocalist Mitch Lucker, guitarists Chris Garza and Mark Heylmun, drummer Alex Lopez and bassist Dan Kenny. Formed in 2002, the band has released three full-length studio albums, one EP and seven music...
- "Slaves to Substance" (2011) - WhitechapelWhitechapel (band)Whitechapel is an American deathcore band from Knoxville, Tennessee. The group comprises vocalist Phil Bozeman, guitarists Ben Savage, Alex Wade, Zach Householder; bassist Gabe Crisp and drummer Ben Harclerode. Their band name is derived from a district in the built-up inner city of London, known...
- "Breeding Violence" (2011) - WhitechapelWhitechapel (band)Whitechapel is an American deathcore band from Knoxville, Tennessee. The group comprises vocalist Phil Bozeman, guitarists Ben Savage, Alex Wade, Zach Householder; bassist Gabe Crisp and drummer Ben Harclerode. Their band name is derived from a district in the built-up inner city of London, known...
- "Breeding Violence (VIP Mix)" (2011)
With Disfiguring the Goddess
Albums
- Circle Of Nine (2011) - Vocals, Guitar, Drum Programming, Synth
Demos
- Disfiguring the Goddess (2007) - Vocals, Guitar
- Unreleased (2010) - Vocals, Drum Programing, Synth
EPs
- Disfiguring the Goddess (2008) - Vocals, Guitar, Drum Programming, Synth
- Defaced from Humanity (2009) - Vocals, Guitar, Drum Programing, Synth
With Commissioner
- What Is? (2011)
With Burning the Masses
- Offspring Of Time (Album) (2010)
Songs Featured In
- Suicidal Massacre - Through The Entrails (Feat. Big Chocolate) (2010) - Guest Vocals