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Actin' Up (2023)
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The Mountain Of Gold (2018)
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Death Atlas (2019)
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Inis is a post-black metal act from Moscow, Russia, active since 2018 and crafting immersive, expansive compositions that push beyond conventional black metal boundaries. The project blends atmospheric textures with the intensity of extreme metal.
Initium is a black metal project from Greece, active since 2011 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the Greece black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
Initium Mortuus is a depressive black metal project from Szekszárd, Hungary, active since 2015 and channeling despair and isolation through raw, emotionally charged black metal. The project explores the most sorrowful and bleak reaches of the genre.
Initium Noctis is an atmospheric/depressive black metal band from Dresden, Germany, formed in 2026, crafting desolate, emotionally harrowing black metal. The band's name — Latin for "beginning of night" — reflects their immersion in the genre's most introspective and melancholic traditions.
Injekting Khaos is a black metal project from Athens, Greece, active since 2013 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the Greece black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
Raw black metal band from Le Mans in western France, formed in 2020. Their inquisition-referencing name channels lo-fi black metal from the Sarthe department.
Atmospheric black metal/ambient project from Finland formed in 2022. Their sound merges atmospheric black metal with ambient textures.
Inlandshjärta is a black metal project from Jämtland, Sweden, active since 2023 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the Sweden black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
Melodic death/black metal band from Toulouse in southwestern France, active since 2014. Their sound channels melodic extreme metal from the Occitan capital.
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