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Termination Redux (EP) (2024)
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I Am the Void (Drumcorps Remix) (2024)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Ruthless Slam / Brutal Death Metal from Ohio (early); Pennsylvania/Texas (later).
One-man brutal death metal project of Shawn Whitaker (also of Viral Load). Plays every instrument himself. 'The Inerrancy of Profanation' is a landmark of solo extreme metal.
Insidious Disease is a Norwegian death metal supergroup formed in Oslo in 2004, drawing membership from the ranks of Dimmu Borgir, Morgoth, Napalm Death, and Nile. Vocalist Marc Grewe and bassist Shane Embury anchor a lineup devoted to classic, unadorned death metal, and the band is signed to Nuclear Blast Records.
Insidious One is a speed/thrash/death metal band from Moscow, Russia, active since 2015 and merging death metal's heaviness with thrash's relentless velocity. The project delivers aggressive crossover fury.
Brutal death metal band from Spain launched in 2025. Their sound pushes into the genre's most punishing territory.
Insidious Void are a three-piece blackened death metal band from Belfast, Northern Ireland, formed in 2022. Their discography spans from their debut album Entropy through the 2024 Hellscape EP, delivering ferocious blackened death metal.
Symphonic death metal band from Madrid, Spain formed in 2019, layering orchestral grandeur over death metal aggression from the Spanish capital.
Insidius is a death metal band from Olsztyn, Poland, active since 2016 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
Melodic thrash/death metal band from Barcelona, Spain active since 2013. Their sound fuses melodic hooks with thrash and death metal from the Catalan capital.
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