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Igor Bollos is a São Paulo-based guitarist, composer, and educator whose solo metal project blends progressive metal, metalcore, and shred with jazz fusion influences. Trained at Faculdade Santa Marcelina (FASM) and a graduate of Unifaccamp's popular music program, he launched the project in 2015 and released his debut metal single "Demon's Toll" in April 2023, an eight-minute track showcasing the project's fusion of extreme and progressive styles.
Igor Phantom is a progressive thrash metal band from Moscow, Russia, active since 2017 and delivering aggressive, riff-driven thrash with relentless intensity. The project channels the speed and fury of the genre.
French musician Gautier Serre has operated as Igorrr since 2005, self-releasing demo recordings before building an internationally recognized catalog that defies genre categorization by fusing black metal, death metal, breakcore, baroque classical music, Balkan folk, and trip hop into recordings of extreme compositional density. After signing with Metal Blade Records in 2017, the project released Savage Sinusoid (2017) and Spirituality and Distortion (2020), with earlier albums Nostril (2010) and Hallelujah (2012) establishing the foundational aesthetic of abrupt tempo shifts, operatic vocals, growling, and electronic manipulation. The project has expanded into a full live band performing Serre's compositions.
Igric is a pagan/ambient black metal act from Nitra, Slovakia, active since 2004 and channeling ancient mythology and warrior heritage through aggressive metal. The project draws from pre-Christian traditions and epic themes.
Iguana is a sludge/doom metal act from Lisbon, Portugal, active since 2012 and channeling monolithic heaviness through its doom metal framework. The project delivers oppressive, glacially paced compositions.
Igut is a metalcore band from Zagreb, Croatia, active since 2009 and delivering aggressive, dynamic metal with crushing breakdowns and intense energy. The project channels the power of modern extreme metal.
Ihloosuhree is an experimental black metal band from Antwerp, Belgium, formed in 2018, blending dissonant and psychedelic black metal with atmospheric noise elements. Their releases, including Analysis Paralysis (2018), In De Fleur Van De Sleet (2020), and Een étude in de val, herval en verval (2023), push black metal into uncharted, avant-garde territory.
IHS is a black metal/ambient project from Sweden, active since 2017 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the Sweden black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
Ihsahn is a experimental/extreme progressive metal/rock band from Notodden, Norway, active since 1999 and crafting ambitious, technically proficient compositions that push beyond conventional metal boundaries. The project channels progressive sophistication.
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