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Infortuno is a death/doom and hardcore band from Piracicaba, São Paulo, formed in 2022, featuring vocalist Bruno Lucas, guitarist Rodrigo Santos, bassist Bruno Reina, and drummer Bruno Lanza. The band released their debut EP, Decadent Vindication, in January 2023, a five-track record blending sludgy riffs and doomy breakdowns with NYHC-influenced drum grooves. They followed it in 2024 with Covenant of Dissent, a split release with Counterraid.
Inframonolithium is a funeral doom metal project from Erembodegem, Belgium, formed in 2017, self-described as "a cold journey into the realms of the hollow, shrieking nothing." Across releases like Mysterium, The Lightless, and Gods of Desolation, the band summons glacial riffs and abyssal atmospheres evoking black, gleaming monoliths as portals into the void.
Inhorium is a raw black/doom metal project from Belarus, formed in 2018, dwelling in the murky intersection of lo-fi black metal and crushing doom. The band strips its sound down to jagged essentials, favoring atmosphere and oppressive weight over polish.
Heavy metal band with doom metal and rock influences from Helsinki, active since 2015. Their eclectic approach blends classic heavy metal with doom and rock from the Finnish capital.
Inkorner is a death/doom metal act from Donetsk, Ukraine, active since 2016 and merging death metal's ferocity with doom's oppressive weight. The project inhabits the crushing intersection where both genres converge.
Inlandsis is a doom metal band from Brussels, Belgium, active since 2007, crafting immense, slow-moving compositions defined by suffocating heaviness. The band's name, meaning "continental ice sheet," reflects their approach — vast, glacial doom that grinds forward with crushing inevitability.
Inmates is a stoner/doom metal band from Santiago de Compostela, Spain, active since 1994, making them one of the oldest and most enduring heavy acts in Galicia. Three decades of output have cemented the band as pioneers of doom and stoner metal in northwestern Spain.
Inn13 are a sludge/stoner/doom metal band from Plymouth, England, formed in 2012 and consisting of four dudes and a girl who play doom with many a twist. Their releases include Appetite For Vegetarians and Make a Doom Noise Here.
Inner Dawn Foundation is a avant-garde/sludge/doom metal act from Moscow, Russia, active since 2017 and channeling monolithic heaviness through its doom metal framework. The project delivers oppressive, glacially paced compositions.
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