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Black/death metal band from Valladolid in Castile and León, formed in 2022. Their sound merges black and death metal from the historic Castilian capital.
Irreversible Mechanism is a Minsk-based progressive/technical metal project featuring Vladislav Nekrash on guitar and bass, Andrew Parmon on guitar, and Dan Presland on drums. Originally rooted in progressive death metal before incorporating stoner rock elements, the band is known for highly technical, instrumental-leaning compositions produced, mixed, and mastered entirely by Nekrash.
Irreversum is a progressive thrash/death metal band from Kraków, Poland, active since 2012 and merging death metal's heaviness with thrash's relentless velocity. The project delivers aggressive crossover fury.
Death metal band with groove influences from Lappeenranta in southeastern Finland, active since 2017. Their sound adds rhythmic groove elements to death metal from the South Karelian lakeland.
Isaiah is a death metal with black/sludge metal influences act from Northampton, United Kingdom, active since 2019 and merging the atmospheric darkness of black metal with death metal's crushing brutality. The project delivers fierce extremity at the crossroads of both genres.
Ischemia is a slam/brutal death metal band from Lancashire, United Kingdom, active since 2020 and dealing in the most extreme and guttural forms of death metal. The project channels punishing brutality with unrelenting intensity.
Isfet are a melodic black/death metal band from Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil. Drawing heavily on the Swedish melodic black metal tradition of the late 1990s, they released their debut full-length Shards from a Formless Past in October 2017, an eight-track record recorded at GERE Studios. Their lyrical themes revolve around misanthropy, occultism, and anti-cosmic philosophy.
Ishimura is a melodic death metal/deathcore band from Novi Sad, Serbia, active since 2011 and blending melodic harmonies with death metal aggression. The project channels the twin-guitar traditions of Scandinavian-influenced melodeath.
Ishitrobots is a technical grindcore/brutal death metal band from Berlin, Germany, active since 2006, delivering two decades of precision-engineered sonic violence. The band fuses the technical complexity of death metal with grindcore's explosive brevity from Germany's capital.
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