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Isor is a metalcore band from Rhyl, United Kingdom, active since 2019 and delivering aggressive, dynamic metal with crushing breakdowns and intense energy. The project channels the power of modern extreme metal.
Itching is a metalcore/melodic death metal band from Cologne, Germany, formed in 2020, blending the breakdowns and aggression of metalcore with melodic death metal's harmonic richness. The band delivers emotionally charged extremity from the Rhine metropolis.
Ithilien is a folk metal/metalcore band from Brussels, Belgium, formed in 2011, coining the term "FolkCore" to describe their fusion of traditional Belgian folk instruments — Flemish bagpipes, hurdy gurdy, whistles, bouzouki — with metalcore and death metal. Influenced by Parkway Drive and Architects alongside folk traditions, their album From Ashes to the Frozen Land (2013) showcases this unique cross-pollination.
Metalcore band from Mänttä-Vilppula in the Pirkanmaa region, formed in 2019. Their sound delivers metalcore from the central Finnish interior.
Ivory is a deathcore and metalcore outfit from Fürstenfeld, Austria, formed in 2019, channeling crushing breakdowns and aggressive riffing. The band fuses the rhythmic brutality of deathcore with melodic metalcore hooks in a punishing modern extreme metal style.
Formed in Shreveport, Louisiana in 2007, iwrestledabearonce became known for extreme genre collisions within single songs, juxtaposing mathcore, deathcore, jazz, synthpop, and country in ways that divided critics and built a devoted cult following. Their 2009 album It's All Happening reached number one on the Billboard Top Heatseekers chart; across four full-lengths and nine years together, the band remained one of the more genuinely unpredictable acts in experimental extreme metal.
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