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In Slumber are a melodic death metal band from Linz, Upper Austria, founded in 2003 by multi-instrumentalist Wolfgang Rothbauer, who has remained the band's constant creative force across multiple hiatuses. After a thirteen-year gap, they returned with While We Sleep (War Anthem Records, 2022), a nine-track album mixing brutal death metal aggression with introspective melodic leads and themes of dreams and the subconscious.
In Some Dismals is a death metal/grindcore band from Kirov, Russia, active since 2011 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
In Somnia are a melodic death metal band from Lienz, East Tyrol, Austria, with a Bandcamp discography that includes the album Clouds and a pair of EPs. The name — Latin for "in dreams" — signals an introspective atmosphere that filters melodic death metal through post-metal-influenced textures and emotional restraint.
In Somnis is an atmospheric death/doom metal band from Lendelede, Belgium, active since 2007, crafting slow-burning, melancholic heaviness. The band layers death metal growls over crushing doom riffs and ethereal atmosphere in the tradition of European death/doom.
In Spite is a melodic death metal band from İzmir, Turkey, active since 2016 and blending melodic harmonies with death metal aggression. The project channels the twin-guitar traditions of Scandinavian-influenced melodeath.
Death/black/thrash metal band from Birmingham in the West Midlands, formed in 2019. Their triple-genre fusion channels extreme metal from the birthplace of heavy metal.
Melodic death metal/metalcore band from Paris, France active since 2018. Their atmospheric name channels melodic aggression from the French capital.
In the Gale is a melodic/progressive death metal band from Lesser Poland, Poland, active since 2018 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
In the Name Of is a deathcore band from Malta, active since 2014 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
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