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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 Nomine is a melodic death metal band from Girona, Spain, formed in 2020, delivering Gothenburg-influenced melodeath from the medieval Catalan city. The band pairs guitar harmonies with crushing death metal weight at the foot of the Pyrenees.
Colossal Funeral Doom Metal from Austin.
In Pain is a death metal band from Anderslöv/Trelleborg, Sweden, active since 2018 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
Death metal band from Béthune in the Hauts-de-France region, active since 2018. Their sound delivers death metal from the northern French mining country.
In Reverence is a deathcore band from Stockholm, Sweden, active since 2016 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
In Sanity is a melodic death metal band from Paderborn, Germany, active since 2014, delivering melody-driven death metal in the tradition of the Gothenburg school. The band pairs guitar harmonies with aggressive vocals from the historic Westphalian city.
In Season is a melodic/industrial death metal band from Gödöllő, Hungary, active since 2020 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
Black/death metal band from Saint-Germain-en-Laye west of Paris, active since 2015. Their name channels extreme metal from the royal suburb of the French capital.
In Silent is a doom metal act from Sandomierz, Poland, active since 2016 and merging death metal's ferocity with doom's oppressive weight. The project inhabits the crushing intersection where both genres converge.
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