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Proof (2024)
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Death Atlas (2019)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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IHXHI is a atmospheric/post-black metal act from Oslo, Norway, active since 2025 and crafting immersive, expansive compositions that push beyond conventional black metal boundaries. The project blends atmospheric textures with the intensity of extreme metal.
II Madres is a crossover/hardcore band from Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, formed in 2019, fusing punk aggression with metal heaviness from the Canary Islands. The band channels the volcanic energy of Tenerife into short, explosive bursts of crossover fury.
IIIusion is a depressive black metal, ambient project from Trento, Italy, active since 2021 and channeling despair and isolation through raw, emotionally charged black metal. The project explores the most sorrowful and bleak reaches of the genre.
IIIXK is a black metal project from Russia, active since 2020 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the Russia black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
IIRA is a one-man experimental black metal project from Caracas, Venezuela, launched in 2022. The project's debut "Demo" — released on cassette by Deathprayer Records alongside a digital edition — consists of three lengthy instrumental tracks running over 26 minutes and has drawn praise for its idiosyncratic approach, shifting melodies, and atmospheric depth. Cover art for the release is taken from Venezuelan painter Cristóbal Rojas's work "La miseria."
IJsrijk is an atmospheric depressive black metal studio project from Ghent, Belgium, formed as a duo by vocalist Traen and multi-instrumentalist Smart. Their 2014 album Eensaemen Leydenswegh, sung in Dutch, delivers forty-eight minutes of glacial ambient black metal — the band's name translates to "Empire of Ice."
Ikara is a melodic heavy metal band from Prague, Czech Republic, formed in 2018, building its sound on soaring vocal melodies and driving riffs in the tradition of European melodic metal. The band channels the grandeur of the Czech capital into anthemic, hook-driven compositions.
Ikarass is a doom/post-metal band from Durango, Spain, formed in 2020, crafting dense, atmospheric compositions from the Basque Country. The band merges doom metal's crushing weight with post-metal's expansive dynamics from the green valleys of Biscay.
Ikarie is a doom/post-metal band from Barcelona, Spain, formed in 2021, building towering compositions that oscillate between quiet tension and devastating heaviness. The band channels Barcelona's artistic energy into immersive, cinematic post-metal.
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