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AntiFragile (2025)
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Ad Astra (2025)
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Featured Stoner Metal Album
Serpent & Spirit (2021)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
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I Divine is a melodic experimental black metal project from Hungary, active since 2008 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the Hungary black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
Depressive black metal band from the UK launched in 2025. Their morbid name channels atmospheric despair through raw black metal.
I Hate My Band is a heavy metal act from Kiefersfelden, Germany, formed in 2021, delivering tongue-in-cheek traditional heavy metal with a self-deprecating edge. Despite the name, the band channels genuine riff-driven energy from the Bavarian-Austrian border region.
Black metal band from the UK formed in 2022. Their irreverent, absurdist name contrasts with black metal's typically serious aesthetic.
Melodic death/black metal band from Seinäjoki in Finland's Ostrobothnia region, active since 2018. Their Finnish/Swedish name — meaning 'In Hell' — channels melodic extreme metal from the western Finnish flatlands.
I Inside is a thrash/heavy metal band from the Waasland region of Belgium, formed in 2016, delivering classic-leaning metal with aggressive thrash energy. Their sound draws from the European thrash tradition while incorporating traditional heavy metal melodicism.
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I Miti Eterni is a power metal band from Naples, Italy, active since 2014 and delivering soaring melodies, epic arrangements, and powerful vocals. The project channels the grandeur and ambition of power metal.
Mesa, Arizona death metallers formed in 2023 with no interest in playing it safe, delivering punishing riff architecture and guttural brutality suited to the unforgiving heat of the Sonoran Desert.
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