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Melodic doom/death metal band from Bordeaux in southwestern France, active since 2014. Their sound merges melodic elements with doom/death metal's crushing weight from the Aquitaine wine capital.
Ide Gen is a melodic death metal band from Bicske, Hungary, active since 2011 and blending melodic harmonies with death metal aggression. The project channels the twin-guitar traditions of Scandinavian-influenced melodeath.
A ferocious black/death/grind amalgam — the Bandcamp URL hints at Texas origins — colliding all three genres into something confrontational and barely contained, refusing to settle into any single extreme.
Ides is a doom/death metal act from Gouda/Reeuwijk, Netherlands, active since 2012 and merging death metal's ferocity with doom's oppressive weight. The project inhabits the crushing intersection where both genres converge.
Idiosyncrasy is a death/thrash metal band from Copenhagen, Denmark, formed in 2017, merging the guttural intensity of death metal with thrash metal's relentless velocity. The band channels the Danish capital's diverse metal scene into a potent dual-genre assault.
Idolatress is a melodic death/thrash metal band from Moscow, Russia, active since 2016 and blending melodic harmonies with death metal aggression. The project channels the twin-guitar traditions of Scandinavian-influenced melodeath.
Central California's Orcutt-based death/groove/alternative hybrid brings an unpredictable stylistic restlessness to the table, fusing groove metal's rhythmic punch with death metal grit and alternative metal's appetite for texture.
Pennsylvania's slam/brutal death/goregrind entity named after the world's largest mantis, matching that predator's lethality with a sound designed to maximize bodily damage per minute since 2023.
Black/death metal band from Kerava in the Helsinki metropolitan area, formed in 2020. Their Mesopotamian deity name channels extreme metal from the Finnish capital region.
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