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In Memory is a melodic death metal band from Piombino (Livorno), Italy, active since 2020 and blending melodic harmonies with death metal aggression. The project channels the twin-guitar traditions of Scandinavian-influenced melodeath.
In Mourning is a gothic/doom/death metal band from Vansbro, Sweden, active since 2008 and blending melodic harmonies with death metal aggression. The project channels the twin-guitar traditions of Scandinavian-influenced melodeath.
In Movement is a crossover/thrash metal band from Vynohradiv, Ukraine, active since 2015 and fusing the aggression of thrash metal with hardcore punk's raw energy and attitude. The project delivers high-octane crossover fury.
In My Embrace is a melodic death/black metal act from Sandviken/Gävle, Sweden, active since 2016 and merging the atmospheric darkness of black metal with death metal's crushing brutality. The project delivers fierce extremity at the crossroads of both genres.
In My Shiver is a post-black metal/shoegaze act from Camerino (Macerata), Italy, active since 2010 and crafting immersive, expansive compositions that push beyond conventional black metal boundaries. The project blends atmospheric textures with the intensity of extreme metal.
In No Sense are a death metal band from Eferding, Upper Austria, operating in the underground with material posted to their Bandcamp page. The band plays straightforward, punishing death metal rooted in the aggression and blunt force of the genre's classic tradition.
In Nomine is a melodic death metal band from Girona, Spain, formed in 2020, delivering Gothenburg-influenced melodeath from the medieval Catalan city. The band pairs guitar harmonies with crushing death metal weight at the foot of the Pyrenees.
In Nomine Belialis is a black metal band from Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, operating in the city's long-established extreme metal tradition. Their discography spans multiple releases including Por Satanás (2015) and La Messe Noir (2017), the latter described as a summation of the band's entire history combining older compositions with newer material into an impure, anti-Christian assault. They have been associated with Cogumelo Records, the legendary Belo Horizonte label that helped birth the South American extreme metal scene.
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