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Unreasonable Doubt (2024)
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A Love To Kill For (2023)
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Obnoxious (2022)
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Inrectum is a death metal band from the Neutraubling/Regensburg area of Germany, active since 2013, delivering crushing death metal from the Danube region of Upper Palatinate. The band has spent over a decade refining their approach to extreme metal.
Thrash/heavy metal band from the Ortuella/Muzkiz area in Basque Country, active since 2012. Their provocative name and thrash/heavy metal approach channel aggression from the industrial Bilbao suburbs.
Brutal death metal band from Paris, France active since 2017. Their sound delivers punishing brutality from the French capital.
Insaint is a death/thrash metal band from 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands, active since 2024 and merging death metal's heaviness with thrash's relentless velocity. The project delivers aggressive crossover fury.
Insalubre is a black metal project from Peso da Régua, Portugal, active since 2024 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the Portugal black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
Insan is a progressive black metal project from Mali Lošinj, Croatia, active since 2017 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the Croatia black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
Insane Art is a groove/thrash metal/metalcore band from Novosibirsk, Russia, active since 2017 and blending thrash metal's velocity with groove metal's rhythmic punch. The project delivers high-energy, riff-driven metal.
Insane Asylum are a heavy metal band from Manchester, formed in 2018. They deliver classic heavy metal from the northwest of England.
Insane Breed is a groove metal band from Moscow, Russia, active since 2015 and delivering heavy, rhythmic riffage with crushing mid-tempo intensity. The project channels the headbanging immediacy of groove metal.
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