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Forged in the swamps of Southwest Florida in 2021, Impious Throne traffic in raw, suffocating black metal that feels grown from mold and heat rather than frost, with a hostility all its own.
Impious Vesper is a black metal project from Modena, Italy, active since 2020 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the Italy black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
Impium is a black metal band from the Basque Country, Spain, active since 2005, forging atmospheric black metal for two decades from the culturally distinct Basque region. The band's name — Latin for "impious" — signals their blasphemous intent.
Impius is a black metal/dungeon synth project from Spain, active since 2019, blending the raw aggression of black metal with the medieval atmosphere of dungeon synth. The band channels fantasy themes through a dual-genre approach that spans extremity and ambient composition.
Implore is a blackened death metal/grindcore/crust band operating between Hamburg, southern Germany, and Linz, Austria, active since 2014, with a discography spanning from Depopulation through The Burden of Existence and A Decade In The Shadow. The band merges the filth of crust punk with blackened death-grind intensity, including a split release with American powerviolence act ACxDC.
Imponist is a Swiss blackened death metal project formed in 2018, marrying the atmospheric darkness of black metal with the crushing technicality of death metal. The band operates in the shadows of the Swiss underground, crafting compositions of intense extremity.
Black metal band from London, active since 2013. Their infiltration-referencing name channels black metal from the British capital.
Black/death metal band from Yutz in the Moselle department of northeastern France, formed in 2019. Their deliberately umlauted name channels extreme metal from the Franco-German border region.
Milwaukee's Imprecation of Love embrace the ugliest corners of raw black metal with a perverse name and a sound to match — lo-fi, primitive, and intensely personal since their 2024 formation.
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