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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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Itsi is an experimental death/groove metal band from Sofia, Bulgaria, active since 2014, pushing the boundaries of heavy music through unconventional structures and tonal experimentation. The band merges the visceral impact of death and groove metal with an adventurous, boundary-defying creative vision.
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Iubaris is a black metal project from Gdańsk, Poland, active since 2009 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the Poland black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
Iumenta is a death metal band from Sandnes, Norway, active since 2014 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
Ius ad Bellum is a blackened death metal band from Bavaria, Germany, formed in 2024, taking its name from the Latin legal concept of "right to war." The band channels militaristic themes through crushing blackened death metal.
Ius Talionis is a black metal band from Aachen, Germany, active since 2014, named after the Latin principle of retaliatory justice — "an eye for an eye." Over a decade, the band has forged uncompromising black metal from the westernmost major city in Germany.
Black metal band from Oviedo in Asturias, formed in 2021. Their Latin name — meaning 'delights in darkness' — channels black metal from the rainy northern Spanish city.
Iuvenes is a dark ambient act from Piła, Poland, active since 2018 and channeling ancient mythology and warrior heritage through aggressive metal. The project draws from pre-Christian traditions and epic themes.
IV Atonal is a doom/sludge metal/electronic act from Florence, Italy, active since 1993 and channeling monolithic heaviness through its doom metal framework. The project delivers oppressive, glacially paced compositions.
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