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Death metal/grindcore band from Brumath in Alsace, active since 1996 — nearly three decades of extreme metal from the Franco-German border region.
Inhumation is a death/black metal band from Lille Skensved, Denmark, active since 2011, merging death metal's guttural ferocity with black metal's atmospheric intensity. The band channels the rural Zealand countryside into over a decade of dual-genre extremity.
Inhume is a brutal death metal/grindcore band from Panningen/Maasbree, Netherlands, active since 2000 and dealing in the most extreme and guttural forms of death metal. The project channels punishing brutality with unrelenting intensity.
Death metal band from Bethmale in the Pyrenees of southern France, launched in 2025. Their Spanish-language name channels death metal from the remote mountain valley.
Punishing Death Metal from San Antonio.
Iniquitous Savagery are a brutal death metal band from Lossiemouth, Scotland, formed in 2012. Their 2015 album Subversions of the Psyche on Grindethic Records delivers punishing brutal death metal with dark psychological themes.
Iniquity is a brutal/technical death metal band from Copenhagen, Denmark, formed in 2022, delivering precision-engineered brutality from the Danish capital. The band channels both the technical complexity and savage intensity of modern death metal.
Inisans is a death metal band from Storfors, Sweden, active since 2012 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
Initiate Decay is a death metal band from Esteio, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, active since 2018 and rooted in the brutal and technical ends of the genre. Their debut release, Awaken the Extinction (2018), established the project's dense, aggressive sound, with the band describing their approach as combining brutality with technical complexity. The lineup has included Aires Trajano and Alexandre Graessler among its members.
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