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Irrational Pull (2020)
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Für Kaiser, Volk und Vaterland! / Stoßtrupp 1917 (2018)
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Featured Metalcore Album
The Powerless Rise (2010)
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Wisconsin thrash/death metallers from Silver Lake who have been tearing through the rural Midwest since 2016, fusing the neck-snapping momentum of thrash with the malevolent texture of death metal.
Iconoclastarum XXI is a black metal band from Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil, formed in 2021 as a continuation of the project previously known as Jegfalt, which had been active since 2018. The band released "Demo XXI" on April 7, 2021, a nine-track recording made at Daswolf Studios between October 2018 and February 2019. Their lyrical themes draw on literature and philosophy.
Iconoclastia is a thrash/groove metal band from Brescia, Italy, active since 2013 and blending thrash metal's velocity with groove metal's rhythmic punch. The project delivers high-energy, riff-driven metal.
Icons of Brutality is a death metal band from Hoogeveen, Netherlands, active since 2013 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
Atlanta's melodic death/black metal hybrid emerged in 2021 with a sound split between soaring melodic hooks and outright blackened hostility — the South's answer to the Gothenburg-Dissection axis.
Iconvict is a metalcore/hardcore band from Hanover, Germany, formed in 2023, combining the breakdowns and aggression of metalcore with hardcore punk's confrontational energy. The band represents the newest generation of Hanover's heavy music underground.
Icos is a sludge/doom metal act from Gothenburg, Sweden, active since 2016 and channeling monolithic heaviness through its doom metal framework. The project delivers oppressive, glacially paced compositions.
Icosandria is a post-metal act from Porto, Portugal, active since 2022 and crafting atmospheric, dynamic compositions with expansive sonic scope. The project transcends conventional genre boundaries through cinematic heaviness.
Icozahedron Levitate is a black/death metal act from Costa Rica that emerged in 2021. Their debut full-length Abysmal Trinity's Rapture, released in October 2021, is a ten-track record with ritualistic song titles including Invocation, Black Mass Levitation, and Lucifer's Sadness. The band subsequently released the standalone track Suspended over Demons, continuing in a raw, occult-oriented black/death direction.
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