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Featured Album
Slave to the Scalpel (2021)
Featured Death Metal Album
Hands of Eternity (2024)
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AMENRA “De zotte morgen” (written by Zjef Vanuytsel) (2020)
05/15 @ Paribu Art - Ana Sahne, İstanbul
Featured Groove Metal Album
State Of Unrest (2023)
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Blending the grandeur of symphonic composition with the raw chill of atmospheric black metal, Idyllia emerged in 2020 as a project devoted to epic, immersive soundscapes that feel as vast as myth itself.
Ignea is a symphonic/progressive metal with middle-eastern folk in band from Kyiv, Ukraine, active since 2013 and weaving traditional folk melodies and instrumentation into heavy metal. The project bridges ancient cultural heritage with modern metal power.
Iliastrum is a symphonic/power metal band from Saint Petersburg, Russia, active since 2021 and delivering soaring melodies, epic arrangements, and powerful vocals. The project channels the grandeur and ambition of power metal.
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.
Formed in 2019 by Eluveitie vocalist Fabienne Erni and guitarist Jonas Wolf, Illumishade is a Swiss progressive and symphonic metal band whose members all graduated from the Zurich University of the Arts. Their 2020 debut Eclyptic: Wake of Shadows established the band's blend of orchestral arrangements and modern metal dynamics, and in 2024 they followed it with Another Side of You on Napalm Records.
Illune is a symphonic/progressive metal band from Ostuni (Brindisi), Italy, active since 2023 and weaving orchestral grandeur into heavy metal songwriting. The project delivers cinematic, bombastic compositions with sweeping arrangements.
Illusions Play is a symphonic funeral doom metal project from Istanbul, Turkey, active since 2014 and crafting glacially slow, suffocating heaviness at the most oppressive tempos in extreme metal. The project plumbs the depths of despair through crushing, extended compositions.
Illusoria is a symphonic/melodic power metal band from Mainz, Germany, formed in 2023, pairing orchestral arrangements with soaring melodies and powerful riffing. The band represents a new generation of German symphonic power metal from the Rhineland capital.
Ilunabar is a symphonic/gothic metal band from Mutriku, Spain, formed in 2022, layering orchestral arrangements and gothic atmospheres over heavy metal from the Basque coastal town. The band's name — derived from Basque mythology — grounds their dramatic compositions in local tradition.
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