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Death metal band from Angoulême in southwestern France, active since 2016. Their name — referencing the Finnish air goddess from the Kalevala — adds Nordic mythology to French death metal.
Sludge metal band from Tampere, Finland formed in 2020. Their Finnish name — meaning 'children of joy' — creates an ironic contrast with sludge metal's oppressive weight.
Ilosthebalcony is a melodic death/post-metal band from Samara, Russia, active since 2013 and blending melodic harmonies with death metal aggression. The project channels the twin-guitar traditions of Scandinavian-influenced melodeath.
Formed in 2008 in Washington, D.C., Ilsa play a crushing intersection of sludge metal, death metal, and crust punk that has earned them a reputation as one of the heaviest bands in the American capital. Signed to Relapse Records, the band built their catalog through prolific releases starting with their debut full-length The Maggots Are Hungry, maintaining a raw, underground ethos throughout their run.
Ilumize is a death metal band from Aarhus, Denmark, formed in 2023, forging brutal death metal from the cultural heart of Jutland. The band represents the newest wave of the Aarhus extreme metal scene.
Iluna Perpetua is a melodic blackened death metal band from Belo Horizonte, Brazil, formed in 2021 and featuring members Marcelo Murrer, Rafael Mordente, and R. Tamietti. The band debuted with the seven-track album "Awake at the Deep End" in July 2022, drawing praise for combining technical accomplishment with the raw, reverb-heavy atmosphere of the city's extreme metal tradition.
Ilunabar is a symphonic/gothic metal band from Mutriku, Spain, formed in 2022, layering orchestral arrangements and gothic atmospheres over heavy metal from the Basque coastal town. The band's name — derived from Basque mythology — grounds their dramatic compositions in local tradition.
Iluntze is a black metal band from Pamplona, Spain, active since 2016, forging atmospheric black metal from the Navarrese capital at the foot of the Pyrenees. The band's name — Basque for "dusk" — captures the twilight atmosphere of their compositions.
A recent arrival from Portland, Oregon, Ilurambar channels melodic black metal's twin strengths — sweeping guitar harmonies and icy atmosphere — into an approach refined beyond what their 2023 formation date might suggest.
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