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Inflict Oppression is a Danish deathcore band active since 2012, combining crushing breakdowns with blast-beat intensity and guttural vocals. The band delivers modern extreme metal built on punishing rhythmic heaviness.
Inflicted is a Danish melodic death metal band formed in 2023, channeling the Scandinavian melodeath tradition into soaring guitar harmonies over crushing rhythmic foundations. The band represents the newest wave of Danish melodic death metal.
Inflikted is a thrash metal band from Stockholm, Sweden, active since 2013 and delivering aggressive, riff-driven thrash with relentless intensity. The project channels the speed and fury of the genre.
Influence is a death/thrash metal band from Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, formed in 2018, merging death metal's heaviness with thrash metal's speed and precision. The band delivers a potent hybrid from the central German lowlands.
Influens is a groove metal band from Budapest (early); Birmingham, Hungary, active since 2018 and delivering heavy, rhythmic riffage with crushing mid-tempo intensity. The project channels the headbanging immediacy of groove metal.
Black metal/punk band from Finland active since 2010, fusing black metal's hostility with punk's raw energy.
Infortunia is a one-man raw black metal project based in Palhoça, Santa Catarina, Brazil, created in 2025 by the sole member known as Count Boulanger. The project has released two recordings, Aquilo Que Nós Vemos and Dissonance of Chaos, channeling a stripped-back, lo-fi approach to the genre.
Infortuno is a death/doom and hardcore band from Piracicaba, São Paulo, formed in 2022, featuring vocalist Bruno Lucas, guitarist Rodrigo Santos, bassist Bruno Reina, and drummer Bruno Lanza. The band released their debut EP, Decadent Vindication, in January 2023, a five-track record blending sludgy riffs and doomy breakdowns with NYHC-influenced drum grooves. They followed it in 2024 with Covenant of Dissent, a split release with Counterraid.
Infrablack is a melodic death metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden, active since 2022 and blending melodic harmonies with death metal aggression. The project channels the twin-guitar traditions of Scandinavian-influenced melodeath.
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