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Global Flatline (Bonus Track Edition) (2024)
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De Doorn (2022)
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Halo (2017)
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I Divine is a melodic experimental black metal project from Hungary, active since 2008 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the Hungary black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
Depressive black metal band from the UK launched in 2025. Their morbid name channels atmospheric despair through raw black metal.
Black metal band from the UK formed in 2022. Their irreverent, absurdist name contrasts with black metal's typically serious aesthetic.
Melodic death/black metal band from Seinäjoki in Finland's Ostrobothnia region, active since 2018. Their Finnish/Swedish name — meaning 'In Hell' — channels melodic extreme metal from the western Finnish flatlands.
I Proélefsi is a Chilean one-person black metal project by a musician credited as M., who handles all instruments, orchestral arrangements, programming, artwork, recording, mixing, and mastering. The project blends instrumental atmospheric and avant-garde black metal with dark ambient influences drawn from bands such as Emperor, Setherial, Abigor, and Limbonic Art, and released its self-titled debut EP on July 4, 2025 — a five-track conceptual work tracing a journey from emptiness through strength and contemplation toward liberation.
I Shall Move the Earth is a black metal project from Netherlands, active since 2021 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the Netherlands black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
A long-running Illinois one-man project that began in raw, caustic black metal before evolving into sweeping symphonic and atmospheric territories — a solitary journey spanning over a decade of increasingly ambitious composition.
I Sorg is a black metal project from Rælingen, Norway, active since 2022 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the Norway black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
I Will Tear This World Apart is a metalcore act from Trondheim, Norway, active since 2013 and merging black metal's cold intensity with doom's suffocating weight. The project inhabits the darkest intersection of both genres.
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