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"Mirror" Mixtape (2022)
Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
05/08 @ Underground Arts, Philadelphia
Featured Black Metal Album
Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Irgalom is a black/death/doom metal act from Budapest, Hungary, active since 2018 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 metal band from the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, formed in 2020. Their enigmatic name channels lo-fi black metal from France's volcanic heartland.
Iria is a black/death metal act from Prešov, Slovakia, active since 2012 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.
Iridio is a groove metal band from Arroyo Cabral, Córdoba, formed in 2012, featuring vocalist Gastón Ceballos, guitarist Matías Morelli, bassist Damián Andrés, and drummer Ale Pereyra. Their debut album 'A paso firme' — recorded at AV studios and engineered by Matías Tacaya — contains 12 original compositions, and the band made an early mark on the national scene by performing at Metal para Todos 6 in 2013 at Malvinas Argentinas stadium in Buenos Aires, one of Argentina's largest metal festivals.
Iridium are a thrash metal band from Feldkirch in Vorarlberg, Austria's westernmost state, playing straightforward old school thrash in the tradition of the genre's German and American forebears. The band is listed on Metal Archives as an independent act and maintains a Spotify presence.
Iring Ong is a death metal band from Alsódobsza, Hungary, active since 2024 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
Iris are a melodic groove metal and metalcore band from England, formed in 2003. Their discography includes releases like Wrath and Radiant, blending melodic sensibility with heavy grooves.
Irisblind are a death/black metal band from the United Kingdom, formed in 2023. They channel darkness through their fusion of death and black metal.
Progressive thrash metal band from Nancy in Lorraine, formed in 2019. Their sound pushes thrash metal into progressive territory from northeastern France.
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