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Inertia is a gothic/death metal band from Madrid, Spain, active since 1996, making them one of the capital's most enduring extreme metal acts. Nearly three decades of output have seen the band perfect their fusion of gothic elegance and death metal brutality.
Infallible is a symphonic black/gothic metal act from Tyumen, Russia, active since 2016 and weaving orchestral grandeur into the ferocity of black metal. The project delivers cinematic, bombastic extremity with sweeping arrangements.
Infernorama is a heavy/progressive/gothic metal act from Netherlands, active since 2021 and weaving dark romanticism and heavy atmospherics into its sound. The project channels the melancholy and grandeur of gothic metal.
Gothic/doom/death metal band from Jyväskylä in central Finland, formed in 2020. Their Latin name — meaning 'weakness' — channels melancholic doom/death from the Finnish lakeland.
Atmospheric gothic metal band from Paris, France active since 2003 — over two decades of atmospheric gothic metal from the French capital.
Inibo is a gothic metal/rock band from Celanova, Spain, active since 2011, channeling dark romanticism and melancholic atmosphere from the rural Galician interior. The band blends gothic elegance with heavy rock from a town famous for its ancient monastery.
Inmost Ego is a gothic/progressive metal/rock act from Athens, Greece, active since 2023 and weaving dark romanticism and heavy atmospherics into its sound. The project channels the melancholy and grandeur of gothic metal.
Inmydreams is a black/gothic metal project from Mexico City, originally formed in 1996, dormant for over two decades, and revived in 2020. The project released the full-length Melancholy Tales in 2023 as an independent act.
Inner Blast is a gothic metal act from Lisbon, Portugal, active since 2017 and weaving dark romanticism and heavy atmospherics into its sound. The project channels the melancholy and grandeur of gothic metal.
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