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Insuiciety is a sludge metal band from Berlin, Germany, active since 1993, making them one of the city's longest-running heavy acts with over three decades of oppressive, slow-grinding sludge. The band channels Berlin's gritty energy into tar-thick compositions of crushing heaviness.
Insulator is a thrash metal band from Riga, Latvia, active since 2018 and delivering aggressive, riff-driven thrash with relentless intensity. The project channels the speed and fury of the genre.
Insulter is a thrash/black/death metal band from Friedrichsdorf, Germany, active since 2012, wielding a triple-headed attack that draws from thrash, black, and death metal simultaneously. The band delivers a savage, genre-blending assault from the Taunus foothills north of Frankfurt.
Insulter was a Brazilian death/thrash metal band from Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, formed in 2012, working in the same extreme underground tradition as early local acts like Sarcófago and Sextrash. Their demo recordings were compiled and released in 2015 by Nuclear War Now! Productions on the album "Blood Spits, Violences and Insults," which also appeared on Iron Bonehead Productions in a gatefold LP edition.
Black/thrash metal band from Sabadell near Barcelona, active since 2008 — over 15 years of blackened thrash from the Catalan industrial city.
Insultor was a black/death metal band from General Roca, Río Negro, Argentina, active from 2008 until their split-up. They released the "Demonic Session" live session demo in November 2014 on cassette through Nebulous Black Tyrant in a run of 66 copies, followed by their full-length album "Demonic Curses" in March 2019 via Blackwinds Productions. Their thematic material centred on blasphemy, war, and satanic imagery in the South American underground tradition.
Vicious Thrash Metal from Stephenville/Arlington.
Insurgency is a melodic thrash metal band from Lunen, Germany, active since 2014, pairing the speed and aggression of thrash with melodic hooks and harmonized guitar leads. The band channels the Ruhr-adjacent town's energy into accessible yet aggressive thrash compositions.
Insurgência is a thrash metal/crossover band from Amadora, Portugal, active since 2024 and fusing the aggression of thrash metal with hardcore punk's raw energy and attitude. The project delivers high-octane crossover fury.
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