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Divine (2024)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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Sunset on the Golden Age (2017)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
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Italicus Carnifex is a thrash/groove metal/hardcore band from Monghidoro (Bologna), Italy, active since 2020 and blending thrash metal's velocity with groove metal's rhythmic punch. The project delivers high-energy, riff-driven metal.
Itching is a metalcore/melodic death metal band from Cologne, Germany, formed in 2020, blending the breakdowns and aggression of metalcore with melodic death metal's harmonic richness. The band delivers emotionally charged extremity from the Rhine metropolis.
ItchyGrave is a raw black metal project from United Kingdom, active since 2013 and dealing in lo-fi, primitive black metal hostility stripped to its most essential and aggressive core. The project embraces the rawest traditions of the genre.
Item is a groove/thrash metal band from Malta, active since 2020 and blending thrash metal's velocity with groove metal's rhythmic punch. The project delivers high-energy, riff-driven metal.
Iter Pactum is a atmospheric black metal act from Norway, active since 2014 and crafting immersive, expansive compositions that push beyond conventional black metal boundaries. The project blends atmospheric textures with the intensity of extreme metal.
Ithaca is a heavy/groove metal trio from Buenos Aires, formed in 2020 during the pandemic lockdown, comprising Chino Gorosito (guitar/vocals/piano), Marcelo Bracalente (bass), and Pato Strunz (drums), the latter a veteran of iconic Argentine bands Hermética and Malón. The band is signed to Icarus Music and released their debut album "El Peso Que No Pesa" in September 2024, preceded by three singles — "El Sol Sin Ser," "Susurrando en Tu Mañana," and the title track — released monthly through the northern summer of 2024. The album was recorded at La Nave de Oseberg studio in Buenos Aires with engineer Martín Toledo.
Ithaqua is a death metal band from Bronshoj, Denmark, active since 2014, named after the Lovecraftian Great Old One associated with arctic winds and frozen wastelands. The band channels cosmic horror themes through over a decade of crushing death metal from the Copenhagen suburbs.
Itheist is a black/death metal act from Plymouth, 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.
Ithenath is a black metal project from Padua, Italy, active since 2013 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the Italy black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
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