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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.
Impending Doom is a black/death/thrash metal band from the Weida/Rockendorf area of Thuringia, Germany, active since 2012, wielding a three-pronged attack that draws from black, death, and thrash metal simultaneously. The band merges the cold aggression of black metal with death-thrash velocity from the forests of eastern Thuringia.
Impending Mindfuck is a brutal death metal/grindcore band from Kassel, Germany, formed in 2022, delivering maximum sonic extremity through short, devastating compositions. The band channels the intersection of brutality and speed from the heart of northern Hesse.
Impenitence is a death metal band from Sofia, Bulgaria, founded in 2007 by Julian, Yasen, and Dimitar, spanning brutal, progressive, and technical death metal approaches. Their 2016 debut Monuments of Contempt is a twelve-track statement of intent across multiple death metal subgenres, released as both digital and CD digipak with a twelve-page booklet.
Death/black metal band from Glasgow, Scotland active since 2018. Their unapologetic name channels extreme metal from Scotland's largest city.
Technical death metal band from Lancaster in northwestern England, active since 2014. Their sound channels precise, complex death metal from the Lancashire university city.
Imperfect World is a deathcore band from Ukraine, active since 2018 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
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