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The Blind Leading The Blind (2019)
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Blood Eagle (2017)
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Architects Of A New Weave (Deluxe Album) (2026)
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In Contempt is a death/black metal act from Uppsala, Sweden, active since 2024 and merging the atmospheric darkness of black metal with death metal's crushing brutality. The project delivers fierce extremity at the crossroads of both genres.
In Cryptic Form is a melodic gothic/death metal band from Hapert/Bergeijk, Netherlands, active since 2021 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
In Cunt is a brutal death metal band from Vila Franca de Xira, Portugal, active since 2021 and dealing in the most extreme and guttural forms of death metal. The project channels punishing brutality with unrelenting intensity.
In Dakhma is a death metal band from Zagreb, Croatia, active since 2024 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
In Darkness is a doom/death metal band from Brunswick, Germany, active since 2006, merging the glacial heaviness of doom with death metal's guttural intensity. Nearly two decades in, the band remains a fixture of Lower Saxony's underground extreme metal scene.
Nashville's In Dead Cold have been fusing melodic death metal's hook-driven fury with metalcore's rhythmic punch since 2008, a rare southern voice in a genre typically claimed by colder climates.
In December is a melodic death metal/metalcore band from the Bad Hönningen/Mainz area of Germany, formed in 2017, fusing melodic death metal harmonies with the intensity of modern metalcore. The band channels the Rhine Valley's energy into emotionally charged, hook-driven extreme metal.
In Demise is a progressive brutal death metal band from Berlin, Germany, active since 2011, with a discography spanning The Just War Promo through Conjuring Dystopia. The band fuses technical complexity with brutal death metal savagery, pushing the boundaries of the genre from Germany's capital city.
In Demoni is a death/black metal band from Magdeburg, Germany, active since 2013, evolving from an initial death/black metal blend toward brutal death metal. The band channels the austere energy of Saxony-Anhalt's capital into increasingly punishing extreme metal.
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