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"Mirror" Mixtape (2022)
Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
05/08 @ Underground Arts, Philadelphia
Featured Black Metal Album
Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Inadion is a thrash metal/shred with heavy metal elements band from Miechów, Poland, active since 2024 and delivering aggressive, riff-driven thrash with relentless intensity. The project channels the speed and fury of the genre.
Inarime is a progressive thrash metal band from Germering, Germany, formed in 2021, fusing the complexity of progressive structures with the aggression and velocity of thrash metal. The band delivers ambitious, multi-layered compositions from the Munich metropolitan area.
Incapacity is a thrash/death metal band from Skövde, Sweden, active since 2020 and merging death metal's heaviness with thrash's relentless velocity. The project delivers aggressive crossover fury.
Incarcerated are a death/thrash metal band from London, combining the speed and violence of thrash with the heavy tone and growling vocals of death metal. Their sound features rough riffs, intense drums, and strong choruses across releases like Necrosphere.
Inceptor are a death/thrash metal band from Vorarlberg, the westernmost state of Austria, blending the technicality and brutality of death metal with old-school thrash aggression. The band is listed on Metal Archives as an independent act native to Austria's Alemannic-speaking western region.
Incineracion is a thrash metal band formed in 2018 in Melipilla, Chile, self-described as a "rotten Thrash Metal band" rooted in aggression and speed. Their discography includes the Demo Tape 2018, the Tortura Mental EP (December 2018), the Odio y Vengaza full-length, and the 2023 single "Sangre impía."
Incineration A.D. is a blackened speed/thrash metal act from Athens, Greece, active since 2022 and fusing black metal's corrosive darkness with the speed and aggression of thrash. The project delivers volatile crossover fury.
Incinery are a thrash metal band from Nottingham, England, active since 2011 with four releases including Hollow Earth Theory and Dead, Bound and Buried. Their discography spans over a decade of aggressive UK thrash.
Incivism is a thrash metal band from Werl, Germany, active since 2015, delivering high-velocity thrash from the Soest district of Westphalia. The band channels the aggression and speed of classic thrash through a tight, riff-driven approach.
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