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Infernal Legion is a melodic black metal band from Westerlo, Belgium, active since 2005, pairing tremolo-picked melodies with blast-beat-driven aggression in a style that balances beauty and menace. The band has built a two-decade presence in the Belgian black metal underground with a sound rooted in Scandinavian melodic black metal.
Infernal Presence is a black metal band from Weimar, Germany, formed in 2025, pursuing raw black metal from the cultural capital of Thuringia. The band channels the dark side of the city of Goethe and Schiller into atmospheric extremity.
Infernal Rites is a black/thrash metal band from Cologne, Germany, active since 2019, merging black metal's atmospheric hostility with the speed and riff-driven aggression of thrash. The band delivers a ferocious hybrid from Germany's fourth-largest city.
Infernal Storm is a black metal project from Kozani, Greece, active since 2021 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the Greece black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
Infernal Storms is a black metal project from Løten, Norway, active since 2021 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the Norway black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
Infernal Throne is a black/thrash metal act from Corinth, Greece, active since 2020 and fusing black metal's corrosive darkness with the speed and aggression of thrash. The project delivers volatile crossover fury.
Infernal War is a black metal project from Częstochowa, Poland, active since 2015 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the Poland black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
Infernal Wind is a black metal project from Agder, Norway, active since 2025 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the Norway black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
Infernalfaith is a black metal band from Cologne, Germany, formed in 2024, forging raw black metal from the Rhine metropolis. The band pursues uncompromising darkness in the tradition of the genre's most devout practitioners.
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