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Intumescence is a death metal band from Etagnières, Switzerland, active since 2000, making them one of the canton of Vaud's longest-running death metal acts. The band has spent over two decades perfecting their brand of crushing Swiss death metal.
Inui is a death metal band from the Leichlingen/Leverkusen area of Germany, formed in 2023, forging brutal death metal from the Rhineland chemical corridor between Cologne and Dusseldorf. The band represents a new generation of North Rhine-Westphalian death metal.
Melodic death/thrash metal band from Palencia in Castile and León, active since 2009. Their sound fuses melodic death metal with thrash velocity from the historic Castilian city.
Invasão Bestial is an old school death metal band from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, founded in 2016 by guitarrist Italo, bassist Kadu, and drummer Biquinho. Operating as an independent act within the Rio underground scene, the band pursues an aggressive, no-frills approach to the genre rooted in anti-religious themes and raw brutality.
Invazão is a death metal and grindcore band from Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil, active since 2000, making them one of the longer-running acts in their local underground scene. The band released the grindcore record "No Religion," and their lyrical themes address anti-government and anti-pollution subjects alongside the genre's characteristic intensity.
InVeins is a blackened death metal/deathcore band from Jirkov, Czech Republic, formed in 2024, merging the atmospheric darkness of blackened death metal with the punishing breakdowns of deathcore. The band represents one of the newest entries in the Czech extreme metal scene.
Invented God is a death metal band from Chojnice, Poland, active since 2022 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
Invernoir is a gothic/doom/death metal act from Rome, Italy, active since 2020 and merging death metal's ferocity with doom's oppressive weight. The project inhabits the crushing intersection where both genres converge.
Inversion are a progressive death metal and deathcore band from London, formed in 2023. They blend progressive death metal technicality with the crushing weight of deathcore.
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