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Incognitum is a black/death metal band from Porto Alegre, Brazil, formed in 2014. The band built a prolific early catalogue with four releases in quick succession: the debut album Odissey (2014), followed by Disastrum (2016), Discolor (2017), and In Through the Gates of Hell (2017).
Incognosci is a death metal band from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, formed in 2013 from the remnants of brutal metal project Necropse, with a sound rooted in 1990s old-school death metal. The band — featuring Iron Júnior on vocals, Jonathas Pereira on guitar, Marcos Medeiros on bass, and Braulio Drummond on drums — released their debut full-length A Biography of Madness in October 2020, recorded at AM Studios in Rio de Janeiro and mastered at Grindhouse Studios in Athens, Greece.
Incoherent are a black metal band from London who began with a noise-oriented sound before evolving into black metal. Formed in 2017, they explore the boundaries between extreme noise and black metal.
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Incoming is a death/gothic/nu-metal band from Rotterdam, Netherlands, active since 2021 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
Inconcessus Lux Lucis are a black metal band from Manchester, active since 2012 with a substantial discography including The Crowning Quietus and Crux Lupus Corona. They have collaborated with acts like Thy Darkened Shade and Amestigon, establishing themselves as a significant force in UK black metal.
Incongruity is a melodic death metal band from Athens, Greece, active since 2005 and blending melodic harmonies with death metal aggression. The project channels the twin-guitar traditions of Scandinavian-influenced melodeath.
Inconnu is a death metal band from Rzeszów, Poland, active since 2016 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
Incordian is a thrash/death metal band from Pedro Munoz, Spain, formed in 2025, merging thrash velocity with death metal heaviness from the La Mancha plains of Castilla. The band represents one of the newest extreme metal acts from Spain's interior.
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