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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Introversion is a Swiss doom/black metal project formed in 2019, inhabiting the desolate territory where glacial doom riffs meet the frozen hostility of black metal. The band crafts immersive, slow-burning compositions that merge both genres' most oppressive qualities.
Progressive/depressive black metal band from Finland active since 2013, pushing depressive black metal into progressive territory with complex structures.
Atmospheric black metal band from the Hauts-de-France region, formed in 2024. Their psychologically evocative name channels atmospheric black metal from northern France.
Intus Mortem is a black metal project from Italy, active since 2022 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the Italy black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
Inumbrate is an atmospheric black metal band from Stuttgart, Germany, formed in 2020, crafting shadowy, immersive compositions defined by layers of tremolo-picked melancholy. The band channels the Swabian capital's intensity into expansive atmospheric darkness.
Inuriki is a melodic black/thrash metal act from Norway, active since 2021 and channeling melodic sensibilities through the atmospheric intensity of black metal. The project delivers sweeping, emotionally resonant extreme metal.
Inurnment is a black metal project from Hungary, active since 2019 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the Hungary black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
Depressive black metal band from Zaragoza in Aragon, formed in 2024. Their evocative name captures the emotional isolation channeled through their depressive black metal from the Ebro River city.
InVeins is a blackened death metal/deathcore band from Jirkov, Czech Republic, formed in 2024, merging the atmospheric darkness of blackened death metal with the punishing breakdowns of deathcore. The band represents one of the newest entries in the Czech extreme metal scene.
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