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Melodic death metal/metalcore band from Paris, France active since 2018. Their atmospheric name channels melodic aggression from the French capital.
In the Frost is a black metal project from Poznań, Poland, active since 2024 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the Poland black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
In the Gale is a melodic/progressive death metal band from Lesser Poland, Poland, active since 2018 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
In the Hills are a sludge metal band from Bournemouth, England, delivering slow-building, heavy compositions rooted in doom and sludge. Their 2015 debut Summerisle Blues features eight tracks of dense, atmospheric metal.
Black metal band from Marseille on France's Mediterranean coast, active since 2018. Their sound channels atmospheric black metal from France's second-largest city.
In the Name Of is a deathcore band from Malta, active since 2014 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
In the Name of God is a thrash metal band from Wałbrzych, Poland, active since 2014 and merging death metal's heaviness with thrash's relentless velocity. The project delivers aggressive crossover fury.
In the Rivers Bleak is a post-metal act from Ukraine, active since 2018 and crafting atmospheric, dynamic compositions with expansive sonic scope. The project transcends conventional genre boundaries through cinematic heaviness.
In the Shadows is a doom/death metal band from Anápolis, Goiás, Brazil. The band contributed the track "De Profundis (the Chorus of the Damned)" to the Doomed Serenades Vol. 1 Brazilian doom metal compilation (2012) and later appeared on The Sound of Satanic Hellbangers Vol. III (2023), demonstrating a long-running presence in the Brazilian doom underground. Their music engages with themes of darkness, despair, and death common to the doom/death tradition.
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