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Rarities 1991 - 2001 (2024)
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The Pain, will be exquisite (2025)
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Immotus is a progressive melodic heavy metal band from Nuremberg, Germany, formed in 2022, weaving intricate progressive arrangements into soaring melodic metal compositions. The band draws from Nuremberg's rich cultural heritage to craft ambitious, dynamic heavy music.
Immured is a death metal/crust-grindcore band from Nuremberg, Germany, active since 2005, delivering two decades of ferocious extremity that merges death metal's guttural brutality with crust punk and grindcore's raw velocity. The band channels Franconia's underground energy into relentless bursts of sonic violence.
Doom metal band from Warwickshire in the English Midlands, active since 2011. Their entombment-referencing name channels crushing doom from Shakespeare's county.
Immurer is a death metal band from Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, formed in 2024, forging brutal death metal from the rural Baltic coastland of northeastern Germany. The band represents the newest generation of East German death metal.
Imopectore was a heavy/doom/black metal band from Sorocaba, São Paulo, Brazil, drawing on dark, obscure themes across their self-released material. Operating as an independent underground act, the band blended slow doom weight with black metal atmosphere and traditional heavy metal elements. The project eventually split up after a limited activity period in the Brazilian underground scene.
Imp is a thrash metal band from Muhumaa island, Estonia, formed in 2020, delivering high-speed thrash from one of the Baltic's most remote islands. The band channels the isolation of their island setting into focused, aggressive thrash metal.
Houston's Imp Tea brews stoner and doom metal into a slow, hazy concoction that reflects the city's humid lethargy — heavy enough to crush, loose enough to feel lived-in.
Impact 36 is a melodic death metal band from Neunkirchen, Germany, active since 2014, blending Scandinavian-influenced melodies with crushing death metal heaviness. The band delivers hook-laden melodeath from the Saarland region.
Thrash metal band from Lorient in Brittany, active since 2016. Their name channels thrash metal urgency from the Atlantic port city.
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