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Imperious Mortality is a brutal death metal band from Copenhagen, Denmark, formed in 2021, dealing in maximum-intensity sonic violence from the Danish capital. The band channels the genre's most extreme tendencies through punishing, guttural compositions.
Imperishable is a death metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden, active since 2024 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
Impermanence is a death metal band from Munich, Germany, formed in 2019, exploring themes of transience and mortality through crushing extreme metal. The band channels the philosophical weight of its name into compositions that balance technical precision with visceral brutality.
Impherya is a death metal band from Florence, Italy, active since 2016 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
Impietus is a thrash/death metal band from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, formed in 2011. The band released two recordings in 2023 — the full-length Demons and the single Blind Eye — drawing comparisons to acts like Deicide and Cannibal Corpse with a no-frills approach blending death metal with thrash and grindcore elements.
Implement is a death metal band from Recife, Brazil, whose debut full-length album Bleeding Alone was released in 2019, produced, mixed, and mastered by Nenel Lucena at Mr. Prog. Studio in Recife. The trio — composed of Angelo Acácio on drums, Marcio Kizar on guitar, and Ivan Morderhay on bass and vocals — plays straightforward death metal with traces of thrash and grindcore.
Las Vegas's Implements of Hell evolved from deathcore roots into full-on slam brutality, their music as grotesque and relentless as the city they call home — formed in 2019 and getting heavier ever since.
Hudson Valley newcomers Implode arrived in 2024 dragging sludge metal's slow, crushing weight through the post-industrial quiet of Wappingers Falls, building dense, suffocating walls of noise with methodical intent.
Implodead is a death metal/death 'n' roll act from Bari, Italy, active since 2009 and fusing death metal's aggressive edge with the groove and swagger of rock and roll. The project delivers headbanging, riff-driven fury.
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