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Piles of Festering Decomposition (2020)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Playlist: The Very Best of Corrosion of Conformity (2010)
05/09 @ Mr Smalls Theatre, Millvale
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The Anthropocene Extinction (2015)
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Innerverse is a progressive/symphonic metal band from Athens, Greece, active since 2013 and weaving orchestral grandeur into heavy metal songwriting. The project delivers cinematic, bombastic compositions with sweeping arrangements.
Innervoice is a heavy metal band from Warsaw, Poland, active since 2022 and forging classic heavy metal with conviction and power. The project channels the timeless spirit of traditional metal riffage.
Innistrad is a heavy/thrash metal band from Sopron, Hungary, active since 2017 and delivering aggressive, riff-driven thrash with relentless intensity. The project channels the speed and fury of the genre.
Innmorke is a black/death metal act from Zheleznogorsk (early)/Krasnoyars (later), Russia, active since 2017 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.
Inno is a gothic/doom metal act from Rome, Italy, active since 2020 and channeling monolithic heaviness through its doom metal framework. The project delivers oppressive, glacially paced compositions.
Innocence Died is a speed/power metal band from L'Aquila, Italy, active since 2023 and blending melodic harmonies with death metal aggression. The project channels the twin-guitar traditions of Scandinavian-influenced melodeath.
Innocence Lost is a progressive and symphonic metal band from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, founded in 2007 by vocalist Mari Torres and keyboardist Aloysio Ventura, with their debut EP arriving in 2012. After a hiatus following lineup changes in 2017, the band returned to release their debut full-length album Oblivion on March 22, 2024, a record that combines power metal foundations with progressive depth and prominent bass-forward production. The band has shared stages with major acts, including a 2016 Brazilian tour run alongside American power metal outfit Kamelot.
Raw black metal band from Paris, France formed in 2020. Their French name — meaning 'quartered innocence' — channels visceral black metal from the French capital.
Innocentia is a post-black metal/shoegaze act from Zagreb, Croatia, active since 2023 and crafting immersive, expansive compositions that push beyond conventional black metal boundaries. The project blends atmospheric textures with the intensity of extreme metal.
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