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Vault Of Horrors (2024)
Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Featured Black Metal Album
Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Metal band from Vantaa that has evolved from black/doom metal origins into drone/doom territory, active since 2020. Their sound explores the heaviest, most repetitive side of doom metal.
Irrweg is an atmospheric/post-black metal band from Hanau, Germany, formed in 2019, crafting expansive, emotionally rich compositions that blend post-rock dynamics with black metal intensity. The band's name — meaning "wrong path" — reflects their exploration of unconventional sonic territory.
Irrwisch is a black metal project from Arnhem/Nijmegen, Netherlands, active since 2021 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the Netherlands black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
Black metal band from Tampere, Finland active since 2017. Their Finnish name channels raw black metal from Finland's inland industrial capital.
Irvs is a black metal project from Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, formed in 2023, pursuing raw black metal from the lowlands of central Germany. The band channels the stark landscapes of eastern Germany into compositions of atmospheric hostility.
Isa is a ambient/black metal project from Arnhem, Netherlands, active since 2014 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the Netherlands black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
Isafjord is a black metal project from Melhus, Norway, active since 2022 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the Norway black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
Isaiah is a death metal with black/sludge metal influences act from Northampton, United Kingdom, active since 2019 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.
Isarn is a black metal band from North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, formed in 2023, forging atmospheric black metal from Germany's most populous state. The band channels the genre's cold intensity through compositions rooted in the German underground tradition.
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