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Isaiah is a death metal with black/sludge metal influences act from Northampton, United Kingdom, active since 2019 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.
Isarn is a black metal band from North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, formed in 2023, forging atmospheric black metal from Germany's most populous state. The band channels the genre's cold intensity through compositions rooted in the German underground tradition.
Isatha is a folk metal band from Budapest, Hungary, active since 2018 and weaving traditional folk melodies and instrumentation into heavy metal. The project bridges ancient cultural heritage with modern metal power.
Isathurs is a black metal project from Deventer, Netherlands, active since 2024 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the Netherlands black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
Isaurian is a shoegaze-inflected doom and post-metal band from Brasília, Brazil, formed in 2017, whose sound fuses gloomy doom tonality with post-metal atmosphere and dreamy, layered textures. Their second album "Chains of Blue" (2020), released fully independently and produced by Kevin Ratterman — known for his work with Emma Ruth Rundle — featured vocalist Hoanna Aragão and was recorded in São Paulo. The band followed it with "The Pulsing Rush" in 2024, further developing their organic, evolving approach to heavy music.
Isaz is a German black metal project active since 2014, named after the Elder Futhark rune meaning "ice." The band channels the frozen, primordial symbolism of their namesake rune into over a decade of atmospheric black metal.
Iscariot is a melodic black metal act from Nijmegen, Netherlands, active since 2025 and channeling melodic sensibilities through the atmospheric intensity of black metal. The project delivers sweeping, emotionally resonant extreme metal.
Iscaron is a black metal band from Barranquilla, Colombia, active since 2009 and currently signed to Entropy Records. The project is driven by the multi-instrumentalist known as Bhaal and deals in themes of anti-Christianity, darkness, and war, with releases including the 2015 EP "El sueño de Erzebet" and the 2023 EP "La estela de la revelación".
Iscaron is a black metal band from Barranquilla, Colombia, active since 2009 and currently signed to Entropy Records. The project is driven by the multi-instrumentalist known as Bhaal and deals in themes of anti-Christianity, darkness, and war, with releases including the 2015 EP "El sueño de Erzebet" and the 2023 EP "La estela de la revelación".
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