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Death metal out of the remote Upper Peninsula town of Manistique, Michigan, where isolation apparently breeds a particularly unadorned and unrelenting approach to the genre, formed in 2024.
Melodic death metal band from Paris, France active since 2014. Their sound channels Gothenburg-influenced melodeath from the French capital.
Icon of Evil is a death metal band from Wrocław, Poland, active since 2010 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
Icon of God is a doom metal act from Athens, Greece, active since 2021 and channeling monolithic heaviness through its doom metal framework. The project delivers oppressive, glacially paced compositions.
Icon of Hyemes is a death metal band from Bologna, Italy, active since 2014 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
Los Angeles black metal entity drawing its name and character from the god of fear's lesser moon, channeling a claustrophobic, dread-soaked atmosphere that feels at odds with its sun-drenched surroundings.
Icon of Sin is a symphonic/melodic death metal band from Alessandria, Italy, active since 2013 and blending melodic harmonies with death metal aggression. The project channels the twin-guitar traditions of Scandinavian-influenced melodeath.
Icon of Sin is a heavy metal band from Curitiba, Brazil, built around vocalist Raphael Mendes, who rose to prominence through viral YouTube covers in which he mimicked the voice of Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson. The band recorded their self-titled debut album in Curitiba and released it in 2021 through Italian label Frontiers Music Srl, followed by the second album "Legends" in 2023. Their sound draws heavily on classic 1980s heavy metal, with Iron Maiden and Dio-era Black Sabbath cited as primary influences.
Icondemn is a power/thrash metal band from Stockholm, Sweden, active since 2021 and delivering aggressive, riff-driven thrash with relentless intensity. The project channels the speed and fury of the genre.
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