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AntiFragile (2025)
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Ad Astra (2025)
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Serpent & Spirit (2021)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
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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.
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.
Melodic deathcore band from Échirolles near Grenoble, active since 2014. Their sound blends melodic hooks with deathcore's crushing breakdowns from the French Alps.
Ironoya is a deathcore/groove metal band from Geneva, Switzerland, active since 2012, fusing bone-crushing breakdowns with rhythmic groove metal weight. The band delivers punishing modern extreme metal from the heart of francophone Switzerland.
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.
Isoptera is a death metal/deathcore band from Tavannes, Switzerland, formed in 2015, delivering brutal, breakdown-laden extreme metal from the Bernese Jura. The band's name — the taxonomic order of termites — reflects their corrosive, relentless approach to heavy music.
Ivory is a deathcore and metalcore outfit from Fürstenfeld, Austria, formed in 2019, channeling crushing breakdowns and aggressive riffing. The band fuses the rhythmic brutality of deathcore with melodic metalcore hooks in a punishing modern extreme metal style.
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