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Formed in Shreveport, Louisiana in 2007, iwrestledabearonce became known for extreme genre collisions within single songs, juxtaposing mathcore, deathcore, jazz, synthpop, and country in ways that divided critics and built a devoted cult following. Their 2009 album It's All Happening reached number one on the Billboard Top Heatseekers chart; across four full-lengths and nine years together, the band remained one of the more genuinely unpredictable acts in experimental extreme metal.
Ixaxar is a crust/black/death metal act from Genoa, Italy, active since 2024 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.
Ixchani is a black/doom metal band from Zwijnaarde, Belgium, formed in 2011, merging the frozen bleakness of black metal with the crushing weight of doom. The band crafts slow, oppressive compositions that draw from both traditions to create a suffocating atmosphere.
Ixion is a thrash metal band from Wuustwezel, Belgium, active since 2007, delivering aggressive, speed-driven thrash in the classic European vein. The band channels the intensity and relentless riffing of the genre's founding era through a distinctly Flemish sensibility.
Ixodes is a metal band from Laktaši, Bosnia and Herzegovina, formed in 2014, initially rooted in nu-metal before evolving into a melodic death metal direction. Their stylistic shift traces a path from groove-laden heaviness toward more technical, Scandinavian-inspired melodic extremity.
Ixpapalotl is a death metal/grindcore band from Athens, Greece, active since 2013 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
IxPxCxCxOxCxDxAxBxCxMxAxBxFxOxHx is a brutal death metal and goregrind act from Carabobo, Venezuela, formed in 2016 and since split up. The band released a full-length titled "Infección" in 2016, followed by an instrumental version of the same record and a split in 2017. True to the goregrind tradition, the project operates under an intentionally extreme acronym-based name.
Ixtab is a black metal project from Khabarovsk, Russia, active since 2025 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the Russia black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
IXXI is a black metal project from Stockholm, Sweden, active since 2019 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the Sweden black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
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