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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Iron Death is a bestial war metal act from Flanders, Belgium, established in 2021, self-described as a "Flanders War Battalion" delivering warmongering black/death metal straight from the trenches. Their Demo MMXXII features four tracks of raw, chaotic violence tagged as bestial war metal, inspired by the blood-soaked history of Flanders Fields.
Iron Division is a blackened death metal band from Copenhagen, Denmark, formed in 2025, merging the atmospheric fury of black metal with death metal's guttural weight. The band represents the cutting edge of the Copenhagen extreme metal scene.
Iron Eveq Project is a melodic death/black metal act from Poland, active since 2023 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.
Iron Flames is a black/death metal act from Italy, active since 2020 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.
Iron Legion is a raw black metal/noise/ambient project from Donetsk, Ukraine, active since 2024 and dealing in lo-fi, primitive black metal hostility stripped to its most essential and aggressive core. The project embraces the rawest traditions of the genre.
IronFister is a black/thrash metal act from Stavanger, Norway, active since 2016 and fusing black metal's corrosive darkness with the speed and aggression of thrash. The project delivers volatile crossover fury.
Ironopolis is a blackened death metal/grindcore act from Middlesbrough, United Kingdom, active since 2014 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.
Irrbloss is a black/folk metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden, active since 2022 and weaving traditional folk elements into extreme metal frameworks. The project bridges ancient heritage with the ferocity of modern metal.
Black/death metal band from Valladolid in Castile and León, formed in 2022. Their sound merges black and death metal from the historic Castilian capital.
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