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Where Fear And Weapons Meet (2021)
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Hold Your Children Close and Pray for Oblivion (2016)
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Für Kaiser, Volk und Vaterland! / Stoßtrupp 1917 (2018)
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Black/death metal band from France formed in 2023. Their infernal name channels extreme metal from the French underground.
Infernal Carnage is a death metal/grindcore band from Schwyz, Switzerland, formed in 2020, combining death metal's guttural brutality with grindcore's breakneck speed and brevity. The band channels extreme violence through short, explosive bursts of sonic destruction.
Infernal Crown is a black/death metal band from Potsdam, Germany, formed in 2024, delivering dual-genre extremity from the historic Brandenburg capital. The band merges the atmospheric fury of black metal with death metal's crushing weight.
Formed from the ashes of Imprecation by members Wes Weaver and Jim Case. A key early release for the Houston death metal underground.
Infernal Flame is a death/black metal act from Warsaw, Poland, active since 2025 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.
Infernal Frostbite is a black/death metal act from Ostrów Wielkopolski, Poland, active since 2018 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.
Infernal Gates is a melodic death/doom metal band from Kil, Sweden, active since 2021 and blending melodic harmonies with death metal aggression. The project channels the twin-guitar traditions of Scandinavian-influenced melodeath.
Infernal Gateway is a German brutal death metal/grindcore band formed in 2023, dealing in maximum-intensity sonic violence. The band merges guttural death metal brutality with grindcore's explosive brevity.
Infernal Hate is a brutal death metal band from Arrecife, Lanzarote, Spain, formed in 2021, forging savage extremity from the volcanic Canary Island. The band channels the barren, lava-scarred landscape of Lanzarote into punishing brutality.
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