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Human Fate is a experimental progressive/folk metal band from Paris, France, formed in 2015. They craft intricate progressive compositions with technical ambition.
New York's Humanity Falls have been dissecting death metal and grindcore through an experimental lens since 2009, treating tempo, structure, and brutality as variables rather than constants. Technical, disorienting, and genuinely unsettling.
Hums in the Dark is a experimental progressive metal band from Sweden, formed in 2012. They craft intricate progressive compositions with technical ambition.
Höküs Pöküs is a experimental death metal/grindcore/hardcore band from Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, active since 2021 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
I Divine is a melodic experimental black metal project from Hungary, active since 2008 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the Hungary black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
Experimental black/doom metal band from Toulouse in southwestern France, launched in 2025. Their sound pushes black and doom metal into experimental territory from the Occitan capital.
Ifryt is a experimental black/speed metal project from Żory, Poland, active since 2017 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the Poland black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
Ihloosuhree is an experimental black metal band from Antwerp, Belgium, formed in 2018, blending dissonant and psychedelic black metal with atmospheric noise elements. Their releases, including Analysis Paralysis (2018), In De Fleur Van De Sleet (2020), and Een étude in de val, herval en verval (2023), push black metal into uncharted, avant-garde territory.
Ihsahn is a experimental/extreme progressive metal/rock band from Notodden, Norway, active since 1999 and crafting ambitious, technically proficient compositions that push beyond conventional metal boundaries. The project channels progressive sophistication.
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