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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.
Illusion of Control is a progressive/melodic death metal band from Cluj-Napoca, Romania, active since 2018 and blending melodic harmonies with death metal aggression. The project channels the twin-guitar traditions of Scandinavian-influenced melodeath.
Ilosthebalcony is a melodic death/post-metal band from Samara, Russia, active since 2013 and blending melodic harmonies with death metal aggression. The project channels the twin-guitar traditions of Scandinavian-influenced melodeath.
Im Tode melds melodic death metal's sharp guitar work with black metal's spectral hostility, approaching the intersection of these styles with the kind of intensity the German title implies.
San Antonio's Imminent Descent applies melodic death metal's sense of melody and motion to genuinely crushing material — a Texas act that draws from Scandinavian influence without sacrificing regional identity.
Minneapolis' Immoralis occupies a crowded intersection — symphonic arrangements, melodic death metal hooks, and metalcore urgency — executed with the compositional ambition the Twin Cities underground tends to reward.
Immorgon is a melodic death metal band from Barcelona, Spain, active since 2014, delivering Scandinavian-influenced melodeath from the Catalan capital. The band pairs the genre's trademark guitar harmonies with crushing rhythmic foundations.
Ripping Melodic Death Metal out of Texas.
Immortal Rites is a melodic death metal band from Schwabisch Gmund, Germany, formed in 2016, channeling the Gothenburg-school tradition of melodic death metal through a Swabian perspective. The band blends twin-guitar harmonies with crushing rhythms from the heart of Baden-Wurttemberg.
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