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Featured Album
"Mirror" Mixtape (2022)
Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
Everything's Wrong (2018)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
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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Ironmaster is a death metal band from Ludvika, Sweden, active since 2022 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
Ironopolis is a blackened death metal/grindcore act from Middlesbrough, United Kingdom, active since 2014 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.
Ironoya is a deathcore/groove metal band from Geneva, Switzerland, active since 2012, fusing bone-crushing breakdowns with rhythmic groove metal weight. The band delivers punishing modern extreme metal from the heart of francophone Switzerland.
Ironrat is a groove/stoner metal band from Bradford, United Kingdom, active since 2014 and delivering fuzz-laden, groove-heavy riffs through a haze of overdriven amplification. The project channels the riff-worshipping spirit of the genre.
Ironside is a metalcore/hardcore act from Bradford, United Kingdom, active since 2009 and channeling monolithic heaviness through its doom metal framework. The project delivers oppressive, glacially paced compositions.
Ironthorn is a heavy metal/hard rock band from Agrigento, Italy, active since 2013 and forging classic heavy metal with conviction and power. The project channels the timeless spirit of traditional metal riffage.
Irontooth is a heavy/groove/thrash metal band from Kingston upon Hull, United Kingdom, active since 2020 and blending thrash metal's velocity with groove metal's rhythmic punch. The project delivers high-energy, riff-driven metal.
Irontree is a heavy/thrash metal band from Wiesloch, Germany, active since 2013, blending the power of traditional heavy metal with the speed and aggression of thrash. Over a decade, the band has grown from roots in the Baden wine country into a solid dual-genre force.
IronWare is a melodic power metal band from Borås, Sweden, active since 2006 and delivering soaring melodies, epic arrangements, and powerful vocals. The project channels the grandeur and ambition of power metal.
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