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Undercover Scumbag (2018)
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A Stare Bound in Stone (2018)
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Of Stone, Wind, & Pillor (Remastered) (2021)
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Impherya is a death metal band from Florence, Italy, active since 2016 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
Impietus is a thrash/death metal band from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, formed in 2011. The band released two recordings in 2023 — the full-length Demons and the single Blind Eye — drawing comparisons to acts like Deicide and Cannibal Corpse with a no-frills approach blending death metal with thrash and grindcore elements.
Impiety is a black metal band from Sommerda, Germany, active since 2013, forging uncompromising black metal from the Thuringian countryside. Not to be confused with the Singaporean war metal act of the same name, this German incarnation pursues its own path through atmospheric darkness.
Forged in the swamps of Southwest Florida in 2021, Impious Throne traffic in raw, suffocating black metal that feels grown from mold and heat rather than frost, with a hostility all its own.
Impious Vesper is a black metal project from Modena, Italy, active since 2020 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the Italy black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
Progressive metal band from Oulu in northern Finland, formed in 2024. Their sound explores progressive metal territory from the Arctic gateway city.
Impium is a black metal band from the Basque Country, Spain, active since 2005, forging atmospheric black metal for two decades from the culturally distinct Basque region. The band's name — Latin for "impious" — signals their blasphemous intent.
Impius is a black metal/dungeon synth project from Spain, active since 2019, blending the raw aggression of black metal with the medieval atmosphere of dungeon synth. The band channels fantasy themes through a dual-genre approach that spans extremity and ambient composition.
Thrash metal/crossover/hardcore band from Leeds in West Yorkshire, active since 2018. Their sound fuses thrash with hardcore punk energy from the northern English industrial city.
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