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The Pain, will be exquisite (2025)
Featured Stoner Metal Album
Abridged Dimensions (2025)
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Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
With Oden On Our Side (2015)
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Melodic death/black metal band from Seinäjoki in Finland's Ostrobothnia region, active since 2018. Their Finnish/Swedish name — meaning 'In Hell' — channels melodic extreme metal from the western Finnish flatlands.
I Shall Move the Earth is a black metal project from Netherlands, active since 2021 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the Netherlands black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
I Sorg is a black metal project from Rælingen, Norway, active since 2022 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the Norway black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
I Will Tear This World Apart is a metalcore act from Trondheim, Norway, active since 2013 and merging black metal's cold intensity with doom's suffocating weight. The project inhabits the darkest intersection of both genres.
Pagan black/folk metal band from Nantes, France active since 2010. Their sound weaves French pagan traditions through black and folk metal from the Loire-Atlantique capital.
I.C.H.S. is a melodic black metal act from Ål, Norway, active since 2017 and channeling melodic sensibilities through the atmospheric intensity of black metal. The project delivers sweeping, emotionally resonant extreme metal.
Black metal band from Newcastle upon Tyne in northeastern England, active since 2013. Their abbreviated name channels black metal from the Tyne.
I.S.S. is a black metal project from Uppsala, Sweden, active since 2015 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the Sweden black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
I4896 is a atmospheric black metal, ambient, trance act from Moscow, Russia, active since 2015 and crafting immersive, expansive compositions that push beyond conventional black metal boundaries. The project blends atmospheric textures with the intensity of extreme metal.
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