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AntiFragile (2025)
Featured Thrash Metal Album
Ad Astra (2025)
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Featured Stoner Metal Album
Serpent & Spirit (2021)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
05/07 @ Gramercy Theatre, New York
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Izah is a atmospheric sludge/progressive metal/hardcore band from Tilburg, Netherlands, active since 2008 and delivering crushing, suffocating heaviness from the low end. The project channels the abrasive, punishing weight of sludge metal.
Izakaron is a symphonic black metal act from Dzerzhinsk, Russia, active since 2015 and weaving orchestral grandeur into the ferocity of black metal. The project delivers cinematic, bombastic extremity with sweeping arrangements.
Izalith is a German black metal project active since 2016, named after the fictional city from the Dark Souls video game series. The band channels the lore and dark fantasy themes of their namesake into atmospheric black metal compositions.
Izar is a symphonic power metal band from Athens, Greece, active since 2022 and delivering soaring melodies, epic arrangements, and powerful vocals. The project channels the grandeur and ambition of power metal.
Death metal band from Álava in the Basque Country, active since 2011. Their sound channels death metal from the inland Basque province.
Izbor is a raw black metal project from Rijeka, Croatia, active since 2012 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.
Izegrim is a thrash/death metal band from Zutphen, Netherlands, active since 2017 and merging death metal's heaviness with thrash's relentless velocity. The project delivers aggressive crossover fury.
IzenGard is a melodic heavy metal band from Lincoln, United Kingdom, active since 2019 and forging classic heavy metal with conviction and power. The project channels the timeless spirit of traditional metal riffage.
Izgoi is a black metal project from Naberezhnye Chelny, Russia, active since 2024 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the Russia black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
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