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In Corvus Faucibus is a groove and thrash metal band from Heredia, Costa Rica, whose name translates from Latin as Into the Raven's Jaws. The band released their four-track demo Final del sendero in October 2011, featuring Spanish-language tracks including Sendero del tiempo and Grito silencioso. Metal Archives lists the band as having an unknown current status after their initial activity in the early 2010s.
In Crucem Agere is a Vienna black metal duo — Syknatt and Þ. — whose music explores the darkness inside humanity from the perspective of those beyond salvation, formed in 2010. Their catalog, released on Code666 Records, ranges from traditional raw black metal on early efforts like Graveyard of Liars to the dissonant, avant-garde extremity of Calling the Void (2021).
In Cryptic Form is a melodic gothic/death metal band from Hapert/Bergeijk, Netherlands, active since 2021 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
In Cunt is a brutal death metal band from Vila Franca de Xira, Portugal, active since 2021 and dealing in the most extreme and guttural forms of death metal. The project channels punishing brutality with unrelenting intensity.
In Dakhma is a death metal band from Zagreb, Croatia, active since 2024 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
In Darkness is a doom/death metal band from Brunswick, Germany, active since 2006, merging the glacial heaviness of doom with death metal's guttural intensity. Nearly two decades in, the band remains a fixture of Lower Saxony's underground extreme metal scene.
In Darkness I Dwell is a symphonic metal band from West Flanders, Belgium, active since 2006, weaving orchestral grandeur into heavy metal foundations. Their releases, including the self-titled album and Odi Et Amo, pair sweeping symphonic arrangements with dramatic, darkly romantic themes.
Nashville's In Dead Cold have been fusing melodic death metal's hook-driven fury with metalcore's rhythmic punch since 2008, a rare southern voice in a genre typically claimed by colder climates.
In December is a melodic death metal/metalcore band from the Bad Hönningen/Mainz area of Germany, formed in 2017, fusing melodic death metal harmonies with the intensity of modern metalcore. The band channels the Rhine Valley's energy into emotionally charged, hook-driven extreme metal.
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