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Implore is a blackened death metal/grindcore/crust band operating between Hamburg, southern Germany, and Linz, Austria, active since 2014, with a discography spanning from Depopulation through The Burden of Existence and A Decade In The Shadow. The band merges the filth of crust punk with blackened death-grind intensity, including a split release with American powerviolence act ACxDC.
Imponist is a Swiss blackened death metal project formed in 2018, marrying the atmospheric darkness of black metal with the crushing technicality of death metal. The band operates in the shadows of the Swiss underground, crafting compositions of intense extremity.
Imposer is a death metal band from Treviso, Italy, active since 2024 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
Grindcore/death metal band from Leeds in West Yorkshire, active since 2015. Their sound fuses grindcore chaos with death metal from the northern English city.
Black/death metal band from Yutz in the Moselle department of northeastern France, formed in 2019. Their deliberately umlauted name channels extreme metal from the Franco-German border region.
Imprecated is a brutal death metal band from Murmansk, Russia, active since 2015 and dealing in the most extreme and guttural forms of death metal. The project channels punishing brutality with unrelenting intensity.
Long-running Houston satanic death metal institution. Still active with recent releases on Dark Descent Records.
Imprecator is a death metal band from Stockholm, Sweden, active since 2017 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
Imprisoned in Flesh is a death metal band from Oostburg, Netherlands, active since 2016 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
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