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A brand new Portland outfit formed in 2025, Imperiosus waste no time blending thrash's velocity with classic heavy metal's groove and swagger, arriving fully formed and already swinging hard.
Imperious is an epic black metal band from Bayreuth, Germany, active since 2011, crafting grandiose, sweeping compositions in the tradition of epic black metal's most ambitious practitioners. Based in the city famous for Wagner's operas, the band channels that same sense of grandeur into extreme metal.
Imperious Mortality is a brutal death metal band from Copenhagen, Denmark, formed in 2021, dealing in maximum-intensity sonic violence from the Danish capital. The band channels the genre's most extreme tendencies through punishing, guttural compositions.
Los Angeles power/speed metal outfit Imperious Rex arrived in 2021 with regal ambition, stacking high-register vocals over galloping rhythms in the tradition of classic US power metal with a West Coast gleam.
Imperishable is a death metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden, active since 2024 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
Imperium Dekadenz is a black metal duo from Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany, featuring Horaz (guitars, keyboards, vocals) and Vespasian (guitars, bass, drums, keyboards), active since 2004 and exploring metaphors of human transience and Roman Empire aesthetics. Their albums — from Procella Vadens (2010) through Into Sorrow Evermore (2023) — are praised for their atmospheric, melodic black metal wrapped in a warm but powerful sound.
Black metal band from Kouvola in southeastern Finland, formed in 2024. Their Latin name — meaning 'imperium of summoning' — adds ritualistic gravitas to their black metal.
Imperium Infernale is a black metal trio from São Paulo, Brazil, composed of vocalist Áscaris, guitarist/bassist Morbius, and drummer Impaler, with a discography spanning from 2006 to 2014. The band draws on second-wave black metal influences, blending raw aggression with melody, and delivers material largely in English with some Portuguese lyrics. Their work has been noted by Brazilian metal press as among the stronger domestic black metal acts.
Imperium Infernalis is a black metal project from Heraklion, Greece, active since 2013 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the Greece black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
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