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Proof (2024)
Featured Progressive Metal Album
Death Atlas (2019)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
05/08 @ Underground Arts, Philadelphia
Featured Death Metal Album
Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Progressive sludge metal band from London, formed in 2024. Their mythological name channels progressive sludge from the British capital.
Iker Manterola is a Basque Country-based solo artist active since 2023, exploring groove and death metal territory through a multi-instrumental approach. The project channels the rugged Basque landscape into visceral, riff-driven heavy music.
Ikhon is a death metal band from Ludvika, Sweden, active since 2025 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
Brooklyn's Ikillya has spent over a decade sharpening a sound that pits thrash aggression against metalcore intensity and groove metal swagger, forging something street-hardened and distinctly New York.
Heavy metal and hard rock band from Kajaani in the Kainuu region of northeastern Finland, active since 2014. Their Finnish name channels classic metal from the remote Kainuu wilderness.
Black metal band from Finland formed in 2022. Their Finnish name — meaning 'eternal winter' or 'permafrost' — channels cold, harsh black metal from the Nordic country.
Heavy/doom metal band from Tampere, Finland formed in 2021. Their Finnish name — meaning 'life path' — channels introspective heavy doom from Finland's inland industrial capital.
Death metal band from Macclesfield in Cheshire, formed in 2022. Their sound channels death metal from the northern English silk town.
Ikona is a progressive metal band from Livorno, Italy, active and crafting ambitious, technically proficient compositions that push beyond conventional metal boundaries. The project channels progressive sophistication.
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