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Piles of Festering Decomposition (2020)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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The Anthropocene Extinction (2015)
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I Abyssick is a heavy/gothic metal act from Athens, Greece, active since 2021 and weaving dark romanticism and heavy atmospherics into its sound. The project channels the melancholy and grandeur of gothic metal.
I Am a Preacher is a dark hardcore/blackened hardcore band from Minsk, Belarus, formed in 2015, blending the ferocity of black metal with the stripped-down aggression of hardcore punk. Across their self-titled albums I and II, the band channels Eastern European bleakness into a confrontational sonic assault.
I Am All Wounds is a black metal project based in Leipzig, Germany, formed in 2020, described as "two souls colliding in a frenzied internal storm" — a sonic illustration of duality and inseparable ingenuity. Their 2020 debut Keep Me Breathing spans atmospheric and depressive black metal across four tracks, recorded at Oblivion Studios with session drums by Ahephaim.
I Am Chaos is a death/thrash metal band from Triesenberg, Liechtenstein, active since 2013 and merging death metal's heaviness with thrash's relentless velocity. The project delivers aggressive crossover fury.
Thrash/groove/death metal band from the UK launched in 2025. Their three-genre fusion delivers relentless aggression.
Devastating Deathcore from Grand Prairie.
I Am Heresy formed in 2011 in Delaware as a new project from Nathan Gray, known for his work in boysetsfire and The Casting Out, with his son Simon Gray also among the members. Their self-titled debut (2012) channeled the passionate fury of early boysetsfire filtered through the metallic hardcore of Integrity and Converge, and a second album followed in 2014. The project carries the politically and personally engaged songwriting approach Gray established through his earlier work.
Heavy/power metal band from London active since 1984 — over four decades of classic metal from the British capital. Their extraordinary longevity makes them one of the UK's most enduring metal acts.
I Am Lethe is a gothic metal act from Milan, Italy, active since 2019 and weaving dark romanticism and heavy atmospherics into its sound. The project channels the melancholy and grandeur of gothic metal.
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