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Ignite the Black Sun is a melodic death/groove metal band from Lisbon, Portugal, active since 2015 and blending melodic harmonies with death metal aggression. The project channels the twin-guitar traditions of Scandinavian-influenced melodeath.
Out of Norwalk, Ohio, Ignominious fuses death metal brutality with groove metal's rolling low-end punch — a young band that hits with calculated heaviness rather than pure chaos.
Iker Manterola is a Basque Country-based solo artist active since 2023, exploring groove and death metal territory through a multi-instrumental approach. The project channels the rugged Basque landscape into visceral, riff-driven heavy music.
Brooklyn's Ikillya has spent over a decade sharpening a sound that pits thrash aggression against metalcore intensity and groove metal swagger, forging something street-hardened and distinctly New York.
Ikuori is a death/groove metal/hardcore band from Palencia, Spain, active since 2017, merging death metal's brutality with groove metal's rhythmic crunch and hardcore's raw energy. The band delivers a multi-faceted assault from the Castilian plains.
Doom/groove metal band from Helsinki, Finland launched in 2025. Their sound merges doom metal's crushing weight with groove metal's rhythmic punch from the Finnish capital.
Illa is a groove metal/hardcore band from Albertslund, Denmark, active since 2015, fusing the rhythmic crunch of groove metal with hardcore punk's raw confrontational energy. The band delivers punishing, riff-heavy compositions from the western suburbs of Copenhagen.
Illdisposed is a death metal band from Aarhus, Denmark, active since 2017, evolving from straight death metal into a melodic death/groove metal hybrid. The band channels the genre's traditions through a Scandinavian lens from Denmark's second city.
Illfigure is a heavy/groove metal band from Norrköping, Sweden, active since 1995 and delivering heavy, rhythmic riffage with crushing mid-tempo intensity. The project channels the headbanging immediacy of groove metal.
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