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Für Kaiser, Volk und Vaterland! / Stoßtrupp 1917 (2018)
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Extreme Power Metal (2019)
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rosemary (2023)
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Impaired Cognition is a death/black metal band from Gottingen, Germany, formed in 2023, merging death metal's guttural heaviness with black metal's atmospheric ferocity. The band represents Gottingen's growing extreme metal scene with a dual-genre approach.
Oakland's Impaled have spent nearly two decades sharpening a death metal and grindcore sound with surgical humor and genuine brutality — one of the Bay Area's most reliably visceral underground acts.
Tennessee's Impaled Divinity arrived in 2023 playing slam and brutal death metal in one of the genre's least expected zip codes — grotesque, low-tuned, and mercilessly heavy.
Welsh metal band from Rhyl on the North Wales coast, active since 2011, evolving from early crossover/punk origins into melodic death metal and metalcore. Their stylistic shift reflects a maturation toward more technically demanding metal.
Rochester's Impalement channels progressive metal's technical ambition through a thrash metal lens, resulting in compositions that sprawl and mutate without ever sacrificing aggression.
Saint Paul's Impaler have been sharpening their blades since 2014, channeling the raw voltage of speed metal through the no-nonsense attitude of classic heavy metal. Think leather and lightning in the upper Midwest.
Impasse is a melodic death metal band from Zaragoza, Spain, active since 2013, building sweeping melodic passages over death metal foundations from the Ebro Valley. Over a decade, the band has refined their approach to emotionally resonant extremity.
Groove/death metal band from Manchester, active since 2016. Their Latin name — meaning 'fearless' — channels rhythmic death metal from the northern English capital.
Impedigon is one of Belgium's longest-running melodic death metal bands, hailing from Waregem and active since 1990, predating the genre's mainstream breakthrough. The band has spent over three decades forging Scandinavian-influenced melodic death metal from the heart of West Flanders.
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