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Divine (2024)
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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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Ithil is a black metal project from Athens, Greece, active since 2024 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the Greece black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
Ithilien is a folk metal/metalcore band from Brussels, Belgium, formed in 2011, coining the term "FolkCore" to describe their fusion of traditional Belgian folk instruments — Flemish bagpipes, hurdy gurdy, whistles, bouzouki — with metalcore and death metal. Influenced by Parkway Drive and Architects alongside folk traditions, their album From Ashes to the Frozen Land (2013) showcases this unique cross-pollination.
Ithir is a post-metal/ambient act from Dublin, Ireland, active since 2024 and crafting atmospheric, dynamic compositions with expansive sonic scope. The project transcends conventional genre boundaries through cinematic heaviness.
Itium Profanum are a black metal band from Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil, formed in 2023. They released their debut album Tenebrosos Caminhos Obscuros on January 27, 2023, an eight-track record available independently through Bandcamp. The band operates as an unsigned act within Brazil's underground black metal scene.
Itk is a symphonic black metal band from Tallinn, Estonia, formed in 2024, layering orchestral grandeur over black metal ferocity. The band represents the newest wave of Estonian extreme metal.
Pagan black metal band from El Prat de Llobregat near Barcelona. Their sound channels ancient pagan themes through black metal from the Catalan coast.
Melodic black/death metal band from Pori on Finland's western coast, formed in 2021. Their sound channels melodic extreme metal from the Satakunta region.
Itself Timeless is a sludge/post-metal band from London, United Kingdom, active since 2021 and delivering crushing, suffocating heaviness from the low end. The project channels the abrasive, punishing weight of sludge metal.
Death metal/grindcore band from Helsinki, Finland active since 2014. Their Finnish name — meaning 'self-contamination' — channels extreme metal from the Finnish capital.
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