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Piles of Festering Decomposition (2020)
Featured Black Metal Album
Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Playlist: The Very Best of Corrosion of Conformity (2010)
05/09 @ Mr Smalls Theatre, Millvale
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The Anthropocene Extinction (2015)
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Death metal/metalcore band from Valenciennes in northern France, active since 2008. Their sound fuses death metal with metalcore from the Nord department.
Inaüdible is a heavy metal band from Uppsala, Sweden, active since 2011 and forging classic heavy metal with conviction and power. The project channels the timeless spirit of traditional metal riffage.
Inborn is a heavy metal band from Satu Mare, Romania, active since 2010 and forging classic heavy metal with conviction and power. The project channels the timeless spirit of traditional metal riffage.
Melodic doom/death metal band from Paris, France active since 2012. Their name captures the suffering at the heart of their melancholic doom/death from the French capital.
Melodic death/groove metal band from Kuopio in eastern Finland, formed in 2021. Their sound blends melodic death metal with groove metal's rhythmic weight from the Savo region.
Inbred is a metalcore band from Madrid, Spain, active since 2011, delivering breakdowns and aggressive energy from the Spanish capital. Over a decade, the band has built a confrontational metalcore sound in Madrid's diverse heavy music scene.
Inbryne is a black metal project from Portugal, active since 2021 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the Portugal black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
Incalm is a band from Blatnice pod Svatym Antominkem, Czech Republic, formed in 2018, initially blending gothic and death metal before evolving toward groove metal and metalcore. The band's stylistic journey traces a path from dark romanticism to modern rhythmic heaviness.
Incandescente is a stoner/doom metal band from Barcelona, Spain, formed in 2021, crafting hazy, riff-heavy compositions drenched in psychedelic warmth and crushing weight. The band channels Barcelona's creative energy into slow-burning, sun-baked doom.
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