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Intra Girgeya is a black metal project from Kostroma, Russia, active since 2012 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the Russia black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
Intra Nigrum is a atmospheric black metal/ambient act from Poland, active since 2020 and crafting immersive, expansive compositions that push beyond conventional black metal boundaries. The project blends atmospheric textures with the intensity of extreme metal.
Intra Spelaeum is a death/doom metal act from Elektrostal, Russia, active since 2012 and merging death metal's ferocity with doom's oppressive weight. The project inhabits the crushing intersection where both genres converge.
Intracranial Purulency is a brutal death metal band from Bari, Italy, active since 2015 and dealing in the most extreme and guttural forms of death metal. The project channels punishing brutality with unrelenting intensity.
Intractable is a groove/thrash metal band from Lucerne, Switzerland, active since 2012, self-described as a diverse mixture of modern thrash and death metal featuring tremendous riffs and creative drumming. Their debut Inner Decay packs twelve tracks of uncompromising thrash-death energy.
Atmospheric black metal band from Barcelona, Spain launched in 2025, representing the newest wave of Catalan atmospheric black metal.
Black metal band from Finland active since 2017. Their medically extreme name signals a visceral approach to black metal.
Doom metal band from Paris, France formed in 2021. Their French name — meaning 'intravenous' — channels crushing doom from the French capital.
Intravenosa Izquémica is a death metal band from Iquitos, Peru, representing one of the more extreme acts to emerge from the Amazonian city. The band released their debut demo "Agonía" in 2025, a four-track offering that establishes their brutal approach to the genre.
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