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People Watching (2024)
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L'Enfant Sauvage (Special Edition) (2012)
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The Necrotic Manifesto (Bonus Tracks Edition) (2023)
11/14 @ The Majestic Ventura Theater, Ventura
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Among the Shadows (2024)
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Black metal band from the Lappeenranta/Imatra area in southeastern Finland near the Russian border, active since 2017. Their sound channels black metal from the South Karelian lakeland.
Infernal Desecration is a black metal band from Zatec, Czech Republic, active since 2013, pursuing raw, blasphemous black metal in the genre's most uncompromising tradition. The band channels the bitter atmosphere of northern Bohemia into relentless second-wave-inspired darkness.
Formed from the ashes of Imprecation by members Wes Weaver and Jim Case. A key early release for the Houston death metal underground.
Infernal Fat Cat is a stoner/doom metal band from Warsaw, Poland, active since 2025 and delivering crushing, fuzz-laden heaviness where doom's oppressive weight meets stoner metal's hazy grooves. The project channels low-end power and psychedelic atmosphere.
Infernal Flame is a death/black metal act from Warsaw, Poland, active since 2025 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.
Infernal Frostbite is a black/death metal act from Ostrów Wielkopolski, Poland, active since 2018 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.
Infernal Gates is a melodic death/doom metal band from Kil, Sweden, active since 2021 and blending melodic harmonies with death metal aggression. The project channels the twin-guitar traditions of Scandinavian-influenced melodeath.
Infernal Gateway is a German brutal death metal/grindcore band formed in 2023, dealing in maximum-intensity sonic violence. The band merges guttural death metal brutality with grindcore's explosive brevity.
Infernal Goat is a black metal project from Sassari, Italy, active since 1999 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the Italy black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
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