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Hailing from Shelton, Washington, this deathcore outfit brings a small-town ferocity to the genre, hammering out suffocating breakdowns and blastbeat onslaughts that punch well above their remote origins.
I, Forlorn is a doom/death metal act from Amersfoort, Netherlands, active since 2017 and merging death metal's ferocity with doom's oppressive weight. The project inhabits the crushing intersection where both genres converge.
Phoenix deathcore outfit forged in 2016, combining scorched-earth heaviness with the kind of technical flair that makes the Arizona heat feel even more oppressive — outcast by name, predatory by nature.
I.D.C. is a grindcore/death metal band from Saint Petersburg, Russia, active since 2021 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
Death metal band from Norwich in East Anglia, launched in 2025. Their abbreviated name channels death metal from the historic Norfolk city.
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I.N.F. is a death metal/hardcore band from Tula, Russia, active since 2015 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
I.N.R.I. is a death metal band from Overijssel, Netherlands, active since 2017 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
Iadul is a death metal/grindcore band from Wolfsburg, Germany, formed in 2022, blending guttural death metal with grindcore's frantic velocity. The band channels industrial-city aggression into short, devastating bursts of extremity.
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