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Proof (2024)
Featured Progressive Metal Album
Death Atlas (2019)
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Make It Rain / On the Other Side of Tonight (2024)
05/07 @ House of Blues Myrtle Beach, North Myrtle Beach
Featured Death Metal Album
Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Idill of Chaos is a heavy/groove metal band from Martfű, Hungary, active since 2009 and delivering heavy, rhythmic riffage with crushing mid-tempo intensity. The project channels the headbanging immediacy of groove metal.
Idimmu is a black metal project from Harlingen, Netherlands, active since 2019 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the Netherlands black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
Idiosyncrasy is a death/thrash metal band from Copenhagen, Denmark, formed in 2017, merging the guttural intensity of death metal with thrash metal's relentless velocity. The band channels the Danish capital's diverse metal scene into a potent dual-genre assault.
Idiot Child is a sludge metal/hardcore band from Skåne, Sweden, active since 2021 and delivering crushing, suffocating heaviness from the low end. The project channels the abrasive, punishing weight of sludge metal.
Idiots Rule is a heavy metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden, active since 2017 and forging classic heavy metal with conviction and power. The project channels the timeless spirit of traditional metal riffage.
Minneapolis black/sludge metal duo formed in 2022, marrying the frozen misanthropy of black metal to the tar-thick heaviness of sludge in a way that suits the long, lightless winters of the upper Midwest.
Idle Gear is a stoner/southern metal band from Saint Petersburg, Russia, active since 2011 and delivering fuzz-laden, groove-heavy riffs through a haze of overdriven amplification. The project channels the riff-worshipping spirit of the genre.
Idle Hand is a stoner/doom metal band from Porto, Portugal, active since 2022 and delivering crushing, fuzz-laden heaviness where doom's oppressive weight meets stoner metal's hazy grooves. The project channels low-end power and psychedelic atmosphere.
Portland's gothic heavy metal outfit blends brooding post-punk atmosphere with traditional metal songwriting, their dark romanticism fitting neatly into the Pacific Northwest's long history of melancholy and overcast skies.
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