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Invocator is a technical thrash metal band from Esbjerg, Denmark, active since 2017, delivering intricate, technically demanding thrash with groove metal underpinnings. The band channels the North Sea port city's energy into precision-engineered aggression.
Ionico is a heavy/groove metal band from Piedmont, Italy, active since 2012 and delivering heavy, rhythmic riffage with crushing mid-tempo intensity. The project channels the headbanging immediacy of groove metal.
Ireosis are a progressive, groove, and death metal band from Leeds, England, formed in 2025. Their debut EP Dark Matter delivers five tracks of heavy metal incorporating melodic and progressive elements.
Iridio is a groove metal band from Arroyo Cabral, Córdoba, formed in 2012, featuring vocalist Gastón Ceballos, guitarist Matías Morelli, bassist Damián Andrés, and drummer Ale Pereyra. Their debut album 'A paso firme' — recorded at AV studios and engineered by Matías Tacaya — contains 12 original compositions, and the band made an early mark on the national scene by performing at Metal para Todos 6 in 2013 at Malvinas Argentinas stadium in Buenos Aires, one of Argentina's largest metal festivals.
Iris are a melodic groove metal and metalcore band from England, formed in 2003. Their discography includes releases like Wrath and Radiant, blending melodic sensibility with heavy grooves.
Formed in Atlanta, Georgia in 2015 by guitarists Pablo Davila and Adam Mitchell alongside vocalist Rodrigo Carvalho, Irist combine sludge metal, progressive rock, groove, and Latin rhythmic influences into a sound that resists easy categorization. Signed to Nuclear Blast Records, the band's releases including Order of the Mind and the EP Gloria demonstrate an approach that draws from heavy metal, grunge, and post-metal without settling into any single idiom.
Iron Altar are a progressive death metal and sludge band from Edinburgh, Scotland, established in 2016. Their 2023 album Promethean on Trepanation Recordings showcases their blend of progressive death metal with crushing sludge weight.
Groove/death/thrash metal band from Terrassa near Barcelona, formed in 2023. Their three-genre fusion delivers relentless aggression from the Catalan industrial city.
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.
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