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Indespair is a death metal band from Copenhagen, Denmark, active since 2012, delivering over a decade of crushing death metal from the Danish capital. The band channels the genre's brutal traditions through a Scandinavian lens.
Indestructible is a death 'n' roll band from Memmingen, Germany, formed in 2017, merging the heaviness of death metal with the groove and swagger of rock 'n' roll. The Bavarian band delivers riff-driven compositions that balance brutality with head-nodding catchiness.
Indeterminable is a brutal death metal band from Chistopol, Russia, active since 2014 and dealing in the most extreme and guttural forms of death metal. The project channels punishing brutality with unrelenting intensity.
Indeuced is a heavy metal band from Warsaw, Poland, active since 2019 and forging classic heavy metal with conviction and power. The project channels the timeless spirit of traditional metal riffage.
Chicago's Indian formed in 2003 and became a defining force in American sludge and doom metal through a series of increasingly punishing releases. Their 2014 album From All Purity, widely considered their finest work, pushed their suffocating guitar tone and confrontational atmosphere to its furthest extreme before the band's initial hiatus; they reunited and released further material before ultimately disbanding in 2022.
Indian Fall is a symphonic gothic/black metal act from Brașov, Romania, active since 2009 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.
Indica Blues are a psychedelic doom metal band from Oxford, England, formed in 2014 and described by Kerrang! as delivering unrepentant nihilism. Their album Universal Heat Death, released through Majestic Mountain Records, showcases their stoner-doom approach.
Death metal band from Amiens in northern France, formed in 2023. Their French name — meaning 'unspeakable' — channels death metal from the Somme cathedral city.
Indifferent is a brutal death metal band from Bavaria, Germany, formed in 2022, dealing in uncompromising sonic violence and guttural extremity. The band represents a new generation of Bavarian brutality.
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