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Irrational Pull (2020)
Featured Doom Metal Album
Für Kaiser, Volk und Vaterland! / Stoßtrupp 1917 (2018)
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Featured Metalcore Album
The Powerless Rise (2010)
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Iron Warthog is a German drone/doom metal project formed in 2022, exploring the most minimal and hypnotic extremes of heavy music. The band builds immense, sustained tones that vibrate at the lowest frequencies of the doom spectrum.
Iron Wings is a heavy/thrash metal band from Riga, Latvia, active since 2017 and delivering aggressive, riff-driven thrash with relentless intensity. The project channels the speed and fury of the genre.
Iron Wire is a heavy metal band from Kraków, Poland, active since 2020 and forging classic heavy metal with conviction and power. The project channels the timeless spirit of traditional metal riffage.
Iron Witch is a sludge/doom metal act from Liverpool, United Kingdom, active since 2011 and channeling monolithic heaviness through its doom metal framework. The project delivers oppressive, glacially paced compositions.
Iron Wolf is a heavy metal/shred band from Maybole, United Kingdom, active since 2015 and forging classic heavy metal with conviction and power. The project channels the timeless spirit of traditional metal riffage.
Iron Youth is a thrash metal/hardcore/rac band from Athens, Greece, active since 2021 and fusing the aggression of thrash metal with hardcore punk's raw energy and attitude. The project delivers high-octane crossover fury.
Ironage are a heavy metal band from Schwarzach im Pongau in the Austrian state of Salzburg, operating independently and publishing music through their Bandcamp page under the handle "ironagetx." The band works in a classic European heavy metal tradition rooted in the foundational sounds of the genre.
Pagan/folk metal band from Äänekoski in central Finland, active since 2012. Their sound weaves Finnish folk elements through metal from the Keski-Suomi region.
Ironbite is a heavy metal/hard rock band from Eckartsberga, Germany, active since 2011, delivering over a decade of riff-driven traditional metal from the hills of Thuringia-Saxony-Anhalt. The band channels the blue-collar energy of classic metal through a tight, energetic approach.
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