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Imaginature is a power/symphonic metal band from Szczytno, Poland, active since 2021 and weaving orchestral grandeur into heavy metal songwriting. The project delivers cinematic, bombastic compositions with sweeping arrangements.
Imaginery is a power metal band from Athens, Greece, active since 2020 and delivering soaring melodies, epic arrangements, and powerful vocals. The project channels the grandeur and ambition of power metal.
Imago is a progressive death metal band from Riga, Latvia, active since 2019 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
Imago Imperii is a symphonic power metal band from Bologna, Italy, active since 2015 and delivering soaring melodies, epic arrangements, and powerful vocals. The project channels the grandeur and ambition of power metal.
Imago Mortis is a black metal project from Bergamo, Italy, active since 1998 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the Italy black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
Imago Mortis is an epic doom metal band from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, active since the mid-1990s and one of the most enduring acts in the Brazilian doom underground. The band debuted with "Images from the Shady Gallery" in 1998 and returned after a lengthy hiatus with "LSD" in 2018, which was widely acclaimed as one of the best Brazilian metal releases of that year.
Imandra is a groove/stoner/sludge/post-metal band from Saint Petersburg, Russia, active since 2010 and delivering fuzz-laden, groove-heavy riffs through a haze of overdriven amplification. The project channels the riff-worshipping spirit of the genre.
Imbecile is a grindcore/death metal band from Kiel, Germany, formed in 2021, delivering explosive bursts of extreme aggression from the shores of the Baltic Sea. The band channels grindcore's brevity and ferocity with a death metal foundation.
Imber Luminis is the solo project of prolific Belgian multi-instrumentalist Déhà, running since 2006 from Mons, evolving from atmospheric doom metal into expansive post-black metal territory. Releases like Contrasts and Fletus blend orchestral sweep with depressive weight, featuring collaborations with musicians from Temple of Baal and recording at Opus Magnum Studios in Brussels.
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