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Inquested is a thrash metal band from Kongsberg, Norway, active since 2008 and delivering aggressive, riff-driven thrash with relentless intensity. The project channels the speed and fury of the genre.
Inquinamentum are a progressive black metal band from Leeds, England, formed in 2012. Their extensive discography including 8342, VOID, and Luminescence combines the intensity of black metal with complex progressive structures.
Death/black metal band from Paris, France formed in 2021. Their Latin name — meaning 'polluted' — channels extreme metal from the French capital.
Inquiring Blood is a death metal band from Hanover, Germany, active since 2016, forging punishing death metal from Lower Saxony's capital. The band delivers guttural extremity with a relentless, uncompromising approach.
Inquisicion is a heavy metal institution from Santiago, Chile, founded in 1993 by guitarist Manolo Schäfler alongside drummer Carlos Hernández, operating briefly as Santa Inquisición before shortening their name in 1995. Their 1996 debut Steel Vengeance was the first Chilean heavy metal full-length in nearly a decade and earned them the Breakthrough Band of 1996 award; the band has since released six studio albums, including the conceptual Codex Gigas (2014, Australis Records) — nominated for best Chilean metal album at the 2015 Pulsar SCD awards — and Preacher and Lust (2016), with the lineup having shared stages with Mercyful Fate, Judas Priest, and Blind Guardian over their three-decade career.
Inquisicion is a heavy metal institution from Santiago, Chile, founded in 1993 by guitarist Manolo Schäfler alongside drummer Carlos Hernández, operating briefly as Santa Inquisición before shortening their name in 1995. Their 1996 debut Steel Vengeance was the first Chilean heavy metal full-length in nearly a decade and earned them the Breakthrough Band of 1996 award; the band has since released six studio albums, including the conceptual Codex Gigas (2014, Australis Records) — nominated for best Chilean metal album at the 2015 Pulsar SCD awards — and Preacher and Lust (2016), with the lineup having shared stages with Mercyful Fate, Judas Priest, and Blind Guardian over their three-decade career.
Inquisitia is a thrash/death metal/metalcore band from Novi Sad, Serbia, active since 2013 and merging death metal's heaviness with thrash's relentless velocity. The project delivers aggressive crossover fury.
Inquisition are a death/doom metal band from Wöllersdorf-Steinabrückl, Lower Austria, playing slow, crushing metal with the grim patience that defines the doom/death tradition. The band remains an independent underground act, operating through Bandcamp without the backing of a label.
Inquisitor is a heavy metal/hard rock band from the Kladno/Unhost area of the Czech Republic, active since 2006, delivering riff-driven traditional metal rooted in the genre's classic era. The band channels the industrial heritage of the Kladno steel-working region into hard-hitting heavy metal.
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