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Infekt is a death metal band from Venray, Netherlands, active since 2014 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
Deathcore band from Riom in the Auvergne region of central France, active since 2011. Their sound delivers crushing deathcore from the volcanic highlands.
Infektor is a thrash metal band from Arucas, Gran Canaria, Spain, active since 2019, initially incorporating folk elements before focusing purely on thrash. The band delivers high-velocity thrash from the volcanic Canary Islands.
Infektus was a death metal band from Timbó, Santa Catarina, Brazil, driven by vocalist and bassist Boris Girardi alongside guitarist Nelson Floriani. The band released a promotional demo titled Devastation in 2005, establishing themselves within the underground death metal scene of southern Brazil. After an extended hiatus the band briefly reunited in 2019 for a live tribute concert at Malária's Metal Fest 3 in their home city.
Infer is a black/death metal act from Košice, Slovakia, active since 2020 and merging the atmospheric darkness of black metal with death metal's crushing brutality. The project delivers fierce extremity at the crossroads of both genres.
Black metal band from Laitila in southwestern Finland, active since 2007 — nearly two decades of black metal from the Varsinais-Suomi region.
Inferi is a black metal band founded in Buenos Aires, Argentina by drummer Inferi Black (Sebastián Rodríguez), who released the debut album "The Call of the Dark Side" in 2000 and went on to record "The End of a Weak Nature" (2009) before relocating to Austria in 2013. After a hiatus, the band reformed in 2018 with a new lineup and released the fourth full-length "Fourth Portal" in April 2020.
Thrash metal band from Ähtäri in central Finland, active since 1998 — over 25 years of thrash from the remote Ostrobothnian interior.
Inferior is a heavy metal band from Zoersel, Belgium, formed in 2025, carrying on the tradition of classic European heavy metal with a modern edge. The band represents a new generation of Belgian headbangers committed to pure heavy metal songwriting.
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