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The Pain, will be exquisite (2025)
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Obnoxious (2022)
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Free the Witch EP (2018)
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Intaos is a black/thrash metal act from Chelyabinsk, Russia, active since 2023 and fusing black metal's corrosive darkness with the speed and aggression of thrash. The project delivers volatile crossover fury.
Integritlie are a black/thrash metal band from the Mondsee-Unterach area of Upper Austria who sing and write in the local Austro-Bavarian dialect, lending their aggressive thrash framework an unusual linguistic identity. Their 2017 self-titled album features tracks like "Todgeweiht" and "Flammeninferno," marrying raw black metal energy to driving thrash riffs.
Black metal band from Madrid, Spain active since 2012. Their Latin name — meaning 'immoderate' — signals an extreme approach to black metal from the Spanish capital.
Intempestus is a black metal band from Gottingen, Germany, formed in 2024, pursuing atmospheric black metal from the university city of Lower Saxony. The band represents the newest wave of the Gottingen extreme metal scene.
Richmond, Virginia's Inter Arma formed in 2006 and have developed into one of the most critically acclaimed American heavy bands of the past two decades, blending sludge, black metal, post-metal, and Southern rock into sprawling, unpredictable albums. Signed to Relapse Records, releases such as Sky Burial (2013), Paradise Gallows (2016), and Sulphur English (2019) drew wide praise from Pitchfork, NPR, and the metal press for their structural ambition and sonic density.
Interdikt is a black metal band from Nymburk, Czech Republic, formed in 2022, pursuing atmospheric black metal from the Elbe-adjacent town east of Prague. The band represents a newer wave of Czech black metal, channeling the genre's cold intensity through a Central European perspective.
Black/death metal band from Murcia in southeastern Spain, active since 2012. Their Latin name — meaning 'slain' — channels extreme metal from the Mediterranean coast.
Black metal band from Six-Fours-les-Plages on the Var coast, active since 2016. Their virological name channels black metal from the French Riviera.
Interior Mors is a atmospheric/depressive black metal project from Italy, active since 2018 and channeling despair and isolation through raw, emotionally charged black metal. The project explores the most sorrowful and bleak reaches of the genre.
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