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Iona are a heavy metal band from Pontypool, Wales, rooted in the NWOBHM tradition. They deliver classic British heavy metal from the Welsh valleys.
Iona Death Cult is a progressive sludge metal band from Bray, Ireland, active since 2017 and delivering crushing, suffocating heaviness from the low end. The project channels the abrasive, punishing weight of sludge metal.
Ionica are a heavy metal band from Carterton and Oxford, England, formed in 2019. They play traditional heavy metal from the heart of Oxfordshire.
Ionico is a heavy/groove metal band from Piedmont, Italy, active since 2012 and delivering heavy, rhythmic riffage with crushing mid-tempo intensity. The project channels the headbanging immediacy of groove metal.
Ionosphere is a black/death metal act from Eger, Hungary, active since 2017 and merging the atmospheric darkness of black metal with death metal's crushing brutality. The project delivers fierce extremity at the crossroads of both genres.
Ioroque is a pagan black metal band from Belém, in the state of Pará, Brazil, formed in 2020. Drawing on Amazonian mythology and regional folklore, the band released their debut demo "Horrendas Criaturas da Noite" the same year, featuring tracks such as "Matinta Perera" — named after a shape-shifting creature of local legend. Their sound channels symphonic black metal traditions through the lens of indigenous Amazonian culture.
Iotunn is a progressive metal band from Copenhagen, Denmark, active since 2016, evolving from progressive power metal toward progressive melodic death metal. The band's name — the Norse word for "giant" — reflects their ambitious, larger-than-life approach to heavy music.
Iperyt is a industrial death/black metal act from Katowice, Poland, active since 2022 and merging the atmospheric darkness of black metal with death metal's crushing brutality. The project delivers fierce extremity at the crossroads of both genres.
Raw black/Viking metal band from Caen in Normandy, active since 2017. Their classical Greek name — referencing the Athenian general Iphicrates — adds historical gravitas to their blackened Viking metal from the D-Day beaches region.
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