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The Blind Leading The Blind (2019)
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Blood Eagle (2017)
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Featured Progressive Metal Album
Architects Of A New Weave (Deluxe Album) (2026)
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Inrectum is a death metal band from the Neutraubling/Regensburg area of Germany, active since 2013, delivering crushing death metal from the Danube region of Upper Palatinate. The band has spent over a decade refining their approach to extreme metal.
Brutal death metal band from Paris, France active since 2017. Their sound delivers punishing brutality from the French capital.
Insaint is a death/thrash metal band from 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands, active since 2024 and merging death metal's heaviness with thrash's relentless velocity. The project delivers aggressive crossover fury.
Insane Court is a thrash/death/groove metal band from Thessaloniki, Greece, active since 2006 and merging death metal's heaviness with thrash's relentless velocity. The project delivers aggressive crossover fury.
Insane Dead is a avant-garde death metal band from Samara, Russia, active since 2025 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
Insane Mind is a death metal band from Ahlen, Germany, active since 2015, forging brutal death metal from the Westphalian industrial belt. The band channels the genre's most aggressive tendencies through relentless sonic assault.
Death metal/grindcore band from Valenciennes in northern France, active since 2017. Their sound fuses death metal with grindcore from the Nord department.
Insania.11 is a thrash/death metal band from Varese, Italy, active since 2016 and merging death metal's heaviness with thrash's relentless velocity. The project delivers aggressive crossover fury.
Insaniae is a doom/death metal act from Queluz, Portugal, active since 2010 and merging death metal's ferocity with doom's oppressive weight. The project inhabits the crushing intersection where both genres converge.
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