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Proof (2024)
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Death Atlas (2019)
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Make It Rain / On the Other Side of Tonight (2024)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Metalcore band from Kotka in southeastern Finland, active since 2010. Their exorcism-referencing name channels metalcore aggression from the Gulf of Finland.
Atmospheric black metal band from Lyon, France active since 2012. Their sound channels expansive atmospheric black metal from the Rhône-Alpes capital.
Melodic doom/death metal band from Bordeaux in southwestern France, active since 2014. Their sound merges melodic elements with doom/death metal's crushing weight from the Aquitaine wine capital.
Idaslet is a folk metal band from Copenhagen, Denmark, active since 2010, incorporating Nordic folk traditions and instrumentation into a heavy metal framework. The band has spent over fifteen years forging their interpretation of Scandinavian folk metal from the Danish capital.
Ide Gen is a melodic death metal band from Bicske, Hungary, active since 2011 and blending melodic harmonies with death metal aggression. The project channels the twin-guitar traditions of Scandinavian-influenced melodeath.
Ideas is a symphonic/gothic metal act from Tatabánya, Hungary, active since 2018 and weaving dark romanticism and heavy atmospherics into its sound. The project channels the melancholy and grandeur of gothic metal.
A ferocious black/death/grind amalgam — the Bandcamp URL hints at Texas origins — colliding all three genres into something confrontational and barely contained, refusing to settle into any single extreme.
Ides is a doom/death metal act from Gouda/Reeuwijk, Netherlands, active since 2012 and merging death metal's ferocity with doom's oppressive weight. The project inhabits the crushing intersection where both genres converge.
Idhafels is a black metal band from Kassel, Germany, active since 2003, forging atmospheric black metal from the heart of northern Hesse for over two decades. The band draws on the region's dense forests and fairy-tale heritage for their brooding, nature-tinged compositions.
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