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Proof (2024)
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Death Atlas (2019)
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Make It Rain / On the Other Side of Tonight (2024)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Imperialist is a thrash metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden, active since 2018 and delivering aggressive, riff-driven thrash with relentless intensity. The project channels the speed and fury of the genre.
A brand new Portland outfit formed in 2025, Imperiosus waste no time blending thrash's velocity with classic heavy metal's groove and swagger, arriving fully formed and already swinging hard.
Imperivm is a thrash metal band from Fuenlabrada, Spain, active since 2017, delivering aggressive thrash from the southern Madrid metropolitan area. The band channels the speed and riff-driven attack of classic thrash through a modern Spanish lens.
Thrash metal/crossover/hardcore band from Leeds in West Yorkshire, active since 2018. Their sound fuses thrash with hardcore punk energy from the northern English industrial city.
Implosion Circle is a modern thrash metal band from Meggen, near Lucerne, Switzerland, active since 2013, self-described as "Modern Thrash Metal from the Heart of Switzerland." Their debut EP The Angry And Enraged was limited to 500 copies and delivers five tracks of tightly composed thrash with metalcore-adjacent intensity.
Impostor is a thrash metal/crossover band from Lillehammer, Norway, active since 2022 and fusing the aggression of thrash metal with hardcore punk's raw energy and attitude. The project delivers high-octane crossover fury.
Impress is a hardcore punk band from Kostroma, Russia, active since 2008 and fusing the aggression of thrash metal with hardcore punk's raw energy and attitude. The project delivers high-octane crossover fury.
Improbus is a thrash metal band from Pabianice, Poland, active since 2022 and delivering aggressive, riff-driven thrash with relentless intensity. The project channels the speed and fury of the genre.
Death/thrash metal band from Nurmo in the Seinäjoki area, formed in 2020. Their sound fuses death and thrash metal from the western Finnish flatlands.
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