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Inheritage is a brutal death metal band from Panevėžys, Lithuania, active since 2012 and dealing in the most extreme and guttural forms of death metal. The project channels punishing brutality with unrelenting intensity.
Technical death metal band from Paris, France active since 2014. Their sound channels precise, complex death metal from the French capital.
Inheritours is a death metal band from Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, formed in 2014. The band is noted for their drummer Mateus Michelon, who became recognized beyond the local scene and went on to join the band Losna.
Inhuman Architects is a deathcore band from Lisbon, Portugal, active since 2020 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
Inhuman Creation is a death/thrash metal band from Barcelona, Spain, active since 2013, merging death metal's guttural intensity with thrash metal's speed. Over a decade, the band has channeled Barcelona's vibrant metal scene into a potent dual-genre assault.
Inhuman Depravation is a brutal death metal band from Almeria, Spain, formed in 2019, dealing in maximum-intensity brutality from the desert coast of southeastern Spain. The band channels the arid, unforgiving landscape into savage sonic extremity.
Inhuman Form is a death/thrash metal band from Belgrade, Serbia, active since 2024 and merging death metal's heaviness with thrash's relentless velocity. The project delivers aggressive crossover fury.
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Inhuman Instinct is a brutal death metal band from Chemnitz, Germany, active since 2016, dealing in punishing, guttural extremity from the industrial heartland of Saxony. The band channels the genre's most savage tendencies through relentless sonic violence.
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