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Piles of Festering Decomposition (2020)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Newsflash (2023)
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Melodic death metal/metalcore band from Paris, France active since 2013. Their sound blends Scandinavian-style melodeath with modern metalcore from the French capital.
Industrial black/death metal band from Helsinki, Finland active since 2014. Their Titan-referencing name channels industrial-tinged extreme metal from the Finnish capital.
Iato is a hardcore/thrash/death metal band from Quartu Sant'Elena (Cagliari), Italy, active since 2012 and merging death metal's heaviness with thrash's relentless velocity. The project delivers aggressive crossover fury.
IAYF is a melodic death metal band from Barcelona, Spain, active since 2012, delivering Gothenburg-influenced melodeath from Catalonia's capital. The band pairs soaring guitar harmonies with crushing death metal intensity from one of Europe's most vibrant music cities.
Iblis is a symphonic black/death metal act from Como, Italy, active since 2020 and weaving orchestral grandeur into the ferocity of black metal. The project delivers cinematic, bombastic extremity with sweeping arrangements.
Icarian is a death metal band from Halen, Belgium, formed in 2016, forging brutal and unrelenting extreme metal. The project channels classic death metal traditions through a modern Belgian lens with a focus on heaviness and intensity.
Ice Atrium is a black/death metal act from Luhansk, Ukraine, active since 2009 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.
Progressive death metal/metalcore band from Paris, France formed in 2021. Their sound pushes death metal and metalcore into progressive territory from the French capital.
Lowell, Massachusetts outfit that began in classic power metal territory and evolved into something far more ferocious — symphonic melodic death metal of genuine scope, with orchestral grandeur underpinning serious heaviness.
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