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In Glorious March is a death/black metal act from Ioannina, Greece, active since 2015 and merging the atmospheric darkness of black metal with death metal's crushing brutality. The project delivers fierce extremity at the crossroads of both genres.
In Human Form is a melodic black/death metal band from Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, active since 2008, merging black and death metal with sweeping melodic passages from the Canary Islands. The band has spent nearly two decades crafting their dual-genre sound from the volcanic Atlantic archipelago.
In Lingua Mortua is a progressive/melodic black metal act from Hønefoss, Norway, active since 2007 and channeling melodic sensibilities through the atmospheric intensity of black metal. The project delivers sweeping, emotionally resonant extreme metal.
In Memoriam is a black/death metal band from Berlin, Germany, active since 2013, merging the atmospheric intensity of black metal with the crushing heaviness of death metal. The band has spent over a decade building a body of work in Berlin's diverse extreme metal underground.
In My Embrace is a melodic death/black metal act from Sandviken/Gävle, Sweden, active since 2016 and merging the atmospheric darkness of black metal with death metal's crushing brutality. The project delivers fierce extremity at the crossroads of both genres.
In My Shiver is a post-black metal/shoegaze act from Camerino (Macerata), Italy, active since 2010 and crafting immersive, expansive compositions that push beyond conventional black metal boundaries. The project blends atmospheric textures with the intensity of extreme metal.
In Nomine Belialis is a black metal band from Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, operating in the city's long-established extreme metal tradition. Their discography spans multiple releases including Por Satanás (2015) and La Messe Noir (2017), the latter described as a summation of the band's entire history combining older compositions with newer material into an impure, anti-Christian assault. They have been associated with Cogumelo Records, the legendary Belo Horizonte label that helped birth the South American extreme metal scene.
In Ruins is a black metal project from Krommenie, Netherlands, active since 2012 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the Netherlands black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
Black/death metal band from Saint-Germain-en-Laye west of Paris, active since 2015. Their name channels extreme metal from the royal suburb of the French capital.
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