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Formed in Los Angeles in 2004, Intronaut forged a progressive metal sound that draws equally from sludge metal, jazz fusion, and post-metal, setting them apart within the Southern California heavy scene. Named best metal band by LA Weekly, the group built a catalog across multiple albums that gradually incorporated melodic vocal harmonies alongside their signature polyrhythmic instrumental interplay, with drummer Danny Walker and guitarist Sacha Dunable anchoring the lineup.
Inverted Cross Cult is a death/doom/sludge metal band from Porto Feliz, São Paulo, Brazil, featuring Diego Rodrigues on vocals and guitar, Guilherme Hespanhol Rufus on guitar, Viny Bial on bass, and Henrique Antunes on drums. The band released their self-titled debut album in October 2016, followed by the demo "Beyond the Towers of Silence" in 2018, with lyrical themes drawing from occultism, H.P. Lovecraft, and horror.
Inverted Mind is a sludge/stoner metal band from Kraków, Poland, active since 2012 and delivering fuzz-laden, groove-heavy riffs through a haze of overdriven amplification. The project channels the riff-worshipping spirit of the genre.
Invitado de Piedra is a psychedelic doom and stoner metal band from Santiago, Chile, whose lineup includes Pablo Ravelo (drums), Eduardo Rojas (bass), Felipe Godoy (guitar), and Esteban Delgado (vocals/guitar). The band debuted with the Quema el Sol EP in 2011, followed by the debut full-length Todos Caerán in 2013, and released the sprawling 33-minute single-track album Uroboros in 2021, a fuzz-drenched sludge and drone metal composition recorded at Estudio Proyectil.
InVitro is a sludge metal/metalcore band from Florence, Italy, active since 2016 and delivering crushing, suffocating heaviness from the low end. The project channels the abrasive, punishing weight of sludge metal.
Invouta is a sludge/doom metal band from Fribourg, Switzerland, formed in 2018, crafting heavy, slow-motion compositions in French. With releases including Ainsi-soit-il, L'appel de la corde, and Face à face, the band has been making metal for years and solidified their current formation in 2022.
Iona Death Cult is a progressive sludge metal band from Bray, Ireland, active since 2017 and delivering crushing, suffocating heaviness from the low end. The project channels the abrasive, punishing weight of sludge metal.
Irden is a black/sludge/post-metal band from Osnabruck, Germany, formed in 2020, combining the atmospheric hostility of black metal with the tar-thick heaviness of sludge and post-metal's expansive dynamics. The band creates a dense, multi-layered sonic experience from Lower Saxony.
Formed in Atlanta, Georgia in 2015 by guitarists Pablo Davila and Adam Mitchell alongside vocalist Rodrigo Carvalho, Irist combine sludge metal, progressive rock, groove, and Latin rhythmic influences into a sound that resists easy categorization. Signed to Nuclear Blast Records, the band's releases including Order of the Mind and the EP Gloria demonstrate an approach that draws from heavy metal, grunge, and post-metal without settling into any single idiom.
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