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"Mirror" Mixtape (2022)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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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.
Ill Reasoning is an extreme metal band from Concepción, Chile, formed with the intent to create direct, riff-driven music described by the band as a "sonic apocalypse." They released their self-titled debut EP on January 23, 2022 — four tracks recorded and mixed at Neolitic Studios in Concepción and mastered at 15Hz Studios in Santiago — followed by the single "Immolation" in 2023.
Illidiance is a symphonic black metal act from Taganrog, Russia, active since 2019 and weaving orchestral grandeur into the ferocity of black metal. The project delivers cinematic, bombastic extremity with sweeping arrangements.
St. Louis metalcore outfit Immolate have built a reputation in Missouri's underground since 2011 — heavy enough to satisfy death metal ears, structured enough to deliver genuine hooks.
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.
Welsh metal band from Rhyl on the North Wales coast, active since 2011, evolving from early crossover/punk origins into melodic death metal and metalcore. Their stylistic shift reflects a maturation toward more technically demanding metal.
Impaled Eyes is a groove metal/metalcore band from Wolfenbuttel, Germany, formed in 2018, fusing the rhythmic crunch of groove metal with the breakdowns and intensity of metalcore. The band delivers punishing modern metal from the historic Lower Saxon town.
Lyon-based metal band active since 2013, evolving from early heavy metal through melodic death/thrash into metalcore. Their stylistic journey reflects the broader diversification of the French metal scene.
In Cold Blood is a metalcore band from Rome, Italy, active since 1998 and delivering aggressive, dynamic metal with crushing breakdowns and intense energy. The project channels the power of modern extreme metal.
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