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Infamus is a death/thrash metal band with doom influences from the Burgwedel/Hanover area of Germany, formed in 2022, blending the velocity of thrash with death metal heaviness and doom metal's oppressive pace. The band's triple-genre approach creates a dynamic, unpredictable sound from the Lower Saxon lowlands.
Infant Meat Shield is a death/thrash metal band from Zwolle, Netherlands, active since 2017 and merging death metal's heaviness with thrash's relentless velocity. The project delivers aggressive crossover fury.
Infantry is a thrash/death metal band from Zaanstad, Netherlands, active since 2014 and merging death metal's heaviness with thrash's relentless velocity. The project delivers aggressive crossover fury.
Death metal band from the Grand Est/Belfort area of northeastern France, formed in 2021. Their medically-referencing name channels death metal from the Franco-Swiss-German border triangle.
Infected is a groove/thrash/death metal band from Bastogne, Belgium, formed in 2011, blending bone-crushing groove riffs with thrash velocity and death metal brutality. The band channels the intensity of the Ardennes region into a relentless hybrid of extreme metal styles.
Infected Alive is a death metal band from Guatemala City, releasing their debut demo Rotten and Tortured Flesh in 2022. The demo features three tracks of brutal death metal including "Punished and Tortured in the Abyss" and "Consumed by Malevolent Deities," establishing the band within Guatemala's underground extreme metal scene.
Infected Dead are a death metal band from the Medway area of England, blending technical death metal with cosmic horror themes in what they call Eldritch Tech Death. Their upcoming 2026 album Invicta continues their exploration of modern death metal fused with ancient evil.
Infected Disarray are a technical brutal death metal band from England, active since 2001 and one of the UK's early practitioners of brutal death and deathgrind. Their aggressive, technically demanding approach helped establish the British brutal death metal scene.
Infected Entrails is a brutal death metal/grindcore band from Best, Netherlands, active since 2014 and dealing in the most extreme and guttural forms of death metal. The project channels punishing brutality with unrelenting intensity.
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