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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Ingraved is a death metal band from Brindisi, Italy, active since 2010 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
Featured members of Devourment, Infernal Dominion, and Viral Load, including drummer Dobber Beverly. Two albums of sick, uncompromising brutality on Comatose Music.
Ingurgitating Oblivion is an avant-garde/technical death metal band from Oldenburg, Germany, active since 2014, known for their labyrinthine compositions that defy conventional death metal structure. The band channels the spirit of extreme musical experimentation through technically demanding, dissonant compositions from the north German lowlands.
Ingvar is a depressive/ambient black metal project from Vyshhorod, Ukraine, active since 2009 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the Ukraine black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
Ingwaz is a black metal project from Norway, active since 2020 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the Norway black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
Inhalator is a thrash metal band from Győr, Hungary, active since 2013 and delivering aggressive, riff-driven thrash with relentless intensity. The project channels the speed and fury of the genre.
Inhale is a death metal/metalcore band from Langenfeld, Germany, active since 2000, making them one of the region's longest-running heavy acts bridging extreme metal and metalcore. Over two and a half decades, the band has evolved alongside the German heavy music scene.
Inhaled Screams is a thrash metal band from Donauworth, Germany, formed in 2020, delivering high-speed thrash from the confluence of the Danube and Wornitz rivers in Bavarian Swabia. The band channels classic thrash aggression through a tight, modern approach.
Inhein is a black metal project from Perm, Russia, active since 2017 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the Russia black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
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