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Intestines is a death metal/grindcore band from the Regensburg-Nittendorf area of Germany, formed in 2025, merging death metal brutality with grindcore's explosive brevity. The band represents one of the newest extreme acts from the Upper Palatinate.
Intestiness is a death metal band from Helmstedt, Germany, formed in 2026, forging brutal death metal from the former border town between East and West Germany. The band represents the newest wave of Lower Saxon death metal.
Intestterror is a brutal death metal band from Leeuwarden, Netherlands, active since 2025 and dealing in the most extreme and guttural forms of death metal. The project channels punishing brutality with unrelenting intensity.
Inthefreak is a death metal band from Foggia, Italy, active since 2025 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
Melodic death metal band from Joensuu in eastern Finland, active since 2012. Their sound channels Gothenburg-influenced melodeath from the North Karelian lakeland.
Into Nowhere is a death metal band from Karlstad, Sweden, active since 2023 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
Into Obscurity is a melodic death metal band from Aschersleben, Germany, formed in 2024, channeling the Gothenburg melodeath tradition from the historic Harz foothills of Saxony-Anhalt. The band pairs sweeping melodies with death metal intensity.
Into Pain is a death/thrash metal band from Gottingen, Germany, formed in 2020, merging death metal's guttural weight with the relentless velocity of thrash. The band channels the duality of both genres from the Lower Saxon university city.
Into Sickness is a death metal/grindcore band from Mexico City, Mexico, formed in 2007. The band has released multiple full-lengths in the Reasons to Grind series, including Reasons to Grind Vol. II in 2014.
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