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Termination Redux (EP) (2024)
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Death Atlas (2019)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Folk/black metal band from Brittany, active since 2017, evolving from early pure black metal into folk-infused territory. Their Celtic Breton roots feed naturally into folk metal's acoustic traditions.
Atmospheric black metal band from Manchester, formed in 2020. Their sound channels expansive atmospheric black metal from the industrial heart of northern England.
Black/death metal band from Kerava in the Helsinki metropolitan area, formed in 2020. Their Mesopotamian deity name channels extreme metal from the Finnish capital region.
Igne Crematur is a death/black metal act from Kraków, Poland, 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.
Igni Dare is a black metal band from San Cristóbal, Táchira, Venezuela, formed in 2003 and drawing on themes of darkness, Luciferianism, and paganism. The band issued a full-length debut, "Preludio," in 2012, followed by the EP "Presage" in 2015 and a split release in 2017. Their Bandcamp describes the project as rooted in the "union of fellowship and brotherhood," with lyrics inspired by nature and occultism.
Pittsburgh's Ignis has been sculpting atmospheric black metal since 2013, building walls of dissonance and tremolo that reflect the steel city's industrial gloom as much as its surrounding wilderness.
Ignis is a black/drone/doom metal act from Yekaterinburg, Russia, active since 2013 and merging black metal's cold intensity with doom's suffocating weight. The project inhabits the darkest intersection of both genres.
Ignis Gehennalis is an instrumental atmospheric black metal project from Buenos Aires that was founded in 2023 and has been prolific since its inception, releasing the EP Ecclesia Daemonica in August 2023 and 7th Circle in December 2023. The project continued with the EP INFERNO in June 2024, building a Dante-themed body of work entirely through self-released Bandcamp recordings.
Ignis Inferni is a black metal project from Nowy Targ, Poland, active since 2014 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the Poland black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
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