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Insomniak is a thrash metal band from Giessen, Germany, active since 2010, forging over fifteen years of sleepless thrash from the Hessian university city. The band delivers relentless, high-energy thrash that lives up to its name.
Insomnio is a solo project founded in 2016 in Concepción, Chile by Francisco Acuña Inzunza, also known as the bassist of thrash/speed metal band Crushing Brain. The project blends neofolk, doom, and black metal with themes of melancholy, desolation, nature, and mortality, and has released a prolific run of albums since 2020 including Anónimo (2020), Canto a la desolación (2021), Umbrío (2022), and Danza silenciosa de su muerte (2023).
Insomnio is a solo project founded in 2016 in Concepción, Chile by Francisco Acuña Inzunza, also known as the bassist of thrash/speed metal band Crushing Brain. The project blends neofolk, doom, and black metal with themes of melancholy, desolation, nature, and mortality, and has released a prolific run of albums since 2020 including Anónimo (2020), Canto a la desolación (2021), Umbrío (2022), and Danza silenciosa de su muerte (2023).
Insomnio Mutante is a thrash metal band from Chillán, Chile, active since 1998. They released their debut album Mundo Desconocido in May 2014, recorded at Estudios Decibeles between September 2013 and March 2014.
Formed in Joensuu, Finland in 1997, Insomnium are one of the defining acts in Finnish melodic death metal, distinguished by the melancholic atmosphere, nature-themed lyricism, and progressive textures woven through their compositions. Their 2016 album Winter's Gate, a single 40-minute continuous track, represents a creative peak in a catalog that spans nine studio records and has earned them consistent placement among the genre's most respected contemporary voices.
Insonika is a stoner/doom metal band from Jönköping, Sweden, active since 2018 and delivering crushing, fuzz-laden heaviness where doom's oppressive weight meets stoner metal's hazy grooves. The project channels low-end power and psychedelic atmosphere.
Insonus is a black metal project from Pescara, Italy, active since 2016 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the Italy black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
Insorcist is a death/black metal band from Santiago, Chile, originally formed in 2002 under the name Azael before adopting the current name and recording the three-track demo Donfallen Kingdom in 2003. The band released the EP Eternal Torment in 2006 and their debut full-length The Slaughter of Divine Creed in 2011 through Apocalyptic Productions, a nine-track concept album recorded at Sade Studios with lyrics exploring anti-Christian and occult themes.
Heavy metal band from Hyvinkää in southern Finland, active since 2010. Their sound channels classic heavy metal from the Uusimaa region.
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