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AntiFragile (2025)
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Ad Astra (2025)
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Serpent & Spirit (2021)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
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I Shall Move the Earth is a black metal project from Netherlands, active since 2021 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the Netherlands black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
A long-running Illinois one-man project that began in raw, caustic black metal before evolving into sweeping symphonic and atmospheric territories — a solitary journey spanning over a decade of increasingly ambitious composition.
I Sorg is a black metal project from Rælingen, Norway, active since 2022 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the Norway black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
I the Betrayer is a heavy metal band from Oslo, Norway, active since 2017 and forging classic heavy metal with conviction and power. The project channels the timeless spirit of traditional metal riffage.
I the Witch is a drone/doom/sludge metal act from Lazio, Italy, active since 2017 and channeling monolithic heaviness through its doom metal framework. The project delivers oppressive, glacially paced compositions.
I Tore My Eyes Out is a slam/brutal death metal/deathcore band from Saint Petersburg, Russia, active since 2018 and dealing in the most extreme and guttural forms of death metal. The project channels punishing brutality with unrelenting intensity.
I Warned You is a melodic death metal/metalcore band from Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic, active since 2012, blending the harmonic sensibilities of melodic death metal with the intensity of metalcore. The band fuses twin-guitar harmonies with breakdowns and harsh vocals from the famous Bohemian spa town.
I Will Tear This World Apart is a metalcore act from Trondheim, Norway, active since 2013 and merging black metal's cold intensity with doom's suffocating weight. The project inhabits the darkest intersection of both genres.
I Witness is a death/thrash metal band from Bruges, Belgium, active since 2009, wielding a punishing hybrid of death metal ferocity and thrash metal velocity. The band delivers relentless, riff-driven aggression rooted in the Low Countries extreme metal underground.
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