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State Of Unrest (2023)
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Atmospheric black metal band from Belfast, Northern Ireland formed in 2024. Their Irish Gaelic name channels atmospheric black metal from the Northern Irish capital.
Iarna, whose name draws from the Romanian word for winter, emerged from Spokane in 2025 with a frost-bitten black metal sound that suits the high plateau cold of Eastern Washington.
Ibex is a black/thrash metal band from Cologne, Germany, formed in 2020, fusing the raw aggression of black metal with the velocity and riff-driven attack of thrash. The band delivers a fast, filthy hybrid of both genres from Germany's fourth-largest city.
Ibex Angel Order is a black metal project from Tilburg, Netherlands, active since 2014 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the Netherlands black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
Iblis is a symphonic black/death metal act from Como, Italy, active since 2020 and weaving orchestral grandeur into the ferocity of black metal. The project delivers cinematic, bombastic extremity with sweeping arrangements.
Icare is a post-black metal band from La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, originally founded in 2016 as a black/grind outfit before evolving toward atmospheric post-black metal. Their 2022 album Charogne is a single forty-three-minute composition inspired by Charles Baudelaire's poem "Une Charogne," exploring mortality through contrasting tumultuous and contemplative passages.
Ice Atrium is a black/death metal act from Luhansk, Ukraine, active since 2009 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.
Icebound is a pagan black metal act from Portugal, active since 2014 and channeling ancient mythology and warrior heritage through aggressive metal. The project draws from pre-Christian traditions and epic themes.
Black metal band from Hove on England's south coast, formed in 2022. Their name — referencing the ancient British Celtic tribe — channels black metal from the Sussex coastline.
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