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Proof (2024)
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Death Atlas (2019)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
05/08 @ Underground Arts, Philadelphia
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Iron Grave are an epic doom/death metal band from Northampton, England, formed in 2015. Their EP Conquering of the Draconthrope delivers massive battle doom with blackened and traditional elements, described as the sonic equivalent of DEFCON 0.
Epic heavy/doom metal band from Kuopio in eastern Finland, active since 2017. Their sword-and-sorcery name channels classic epic doom in the tradition of Cirith Ungol and Manilla Road.
Iron Harvest is a death metal band from Utrecht/Nieuwegein, Netherlands, active since 2014 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
Iron Hearse are a doom metal and hard rock power trio from Swindon, England, active since 2002. Their 2024 album Dial H For Hearse on Snake Mountain Records blends heavy doom with garage rock grit and a playful sense of humour.
Iron Hog are a thrash/heavy metal band from Cumbria, England, self-described pioneers of Pork Metal who fuse Motorhead-laden heaviness with irreverent humour. Active since 2010, their demo Hogs of War captures their raw, classic metal assault.
Iron Horse is a heavy metal band from Kienberg, Germany, formed in 2018, delivering galloping, riff-driven traditional metal. The band channels the charging energy suggested by their name into powerful heavy metal compositions.
Heavy Heavy Metal from Fort Worth.
Groove/death/thrash metal band from Terrassa near Barcelona, formed in 2023. Their three-genre fusion delivers relentless aggression from the Catalan industrial city.
Iron Kobra is a heavy metal band from Gelsenkirchen, Germany, active since 2009, delivering over fifteen years of classic heavy metal from the heart of the Ruhr. The band channels the working-class energy of their industrial hometown into fist-pumping, old-school metal anthems.
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