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Sludge/post-metal band from the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, formed in 2020. Their sound merges sludge weight with post-metal atmospherics from southwestern France.
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Inn13 are a sludge/stoner/doom metal band from Plymouth, England, formed in 2012 and consisting of four dudes and a girl who play doom with many a twist. Their releases include Appetite For Vegetarians and Make a Doom Noise Here.
Inner Dawn Foundation is a avant-garde/sludge/doom metal act from Moscow, Russia, active since 2017 and channeling monolithic heaviness through its doom metal framework. The project delivers oppressive, glacially paced compositions.
Thrash/sludge metal band from Toulouse in southwestern France, active since 2015. Their sound merges thrash velocity with sludge weight from the Occitan capital.
Insanity Seas is a doom/death/sludge metal project from Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, conceived by Henrique and Love Streit and active since 2021. Drawing lyrical inspiration from the cosmic horror fiction of H.P. Lovecraft, the band channels oppressive, slow-grinding riffs into an atmosphere of dread rooted in Lovecraftian mythology.
Insidious Process is a black/sludge metal/crust punk act from Gothenburg, Sweden, active since 2009 and fusing black metal aggression with punk-influenced rawness and energy. The project bridges extreme metal and underground punk traditions.
Insuiciety is a sludge metal band from Berlin, Germany, active since 1993, making them one of the city's longest-running heavy acts with over three decades of oppressive, slow-grinding sludge. The band channels Berlin's gritty energy into tar-thick compositions of crushing heaviness.
Richmond, Virginia's Inter Arma formed in 2006 and have developed into one of the most critically acclaimed American heavy bands of the past two decades, blending sludge, black metal, post-metal, and Southern rock into sprawling, unpredictable albums. Signed to Relapse Records, releases such as Sky Burial (2013), Paradise Gallows (2016), and Sulphur English (2019) drew wide praise from Pitchfork, NPR, and the metal press for their structural ambition and sonic density.
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