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Stoner/Doom Metal force from Gothenburg, scorching and relentless since 2018. Their work explores the genre's darkest corners through immense heaviness.
Nottingham-based sludge metal act active since 2019. Their occult name adds mystical overtones to heavy, abrasive compositions from the East Midlands underground.
Brutal death metal project from Lyon, newly formed in 2026. The freshest addition to France's second city's extreme metal scene, promising unrelenting brutality.
I Am the Beholder is a melodic doom/death/post-black metal act from Vladivostok, Russia, active since 2019 and crafting immersive, expansive compositions that push beyond conventional black metal boundaries. The project blends atmospheric textures with the intensity of extreme metal.
I Bleed Lava is a doom/death metal act from Budapest, Hungary, active since 2023 and merging death metal's ferocity with doom's oppressive weight. The project inhabits the crushing intersection where both genres converge.
Raw depressive black/doom metal band from the UK formed in 2023. Their evocative name channels emotional bleakness through lo-fi extreme metal.
I the Witch is a drone/doom/sludge metal act from Lazio, Italy, active since 2017 and channeling monolithic heaviness through its doom metal framework. The project delivers oppressive, glacially paced compositions.
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.
I, Forlorn is a doom/death metal act from Amersfoort, Netherlands, active since 2017 and merging death metal's ferocity with doom's oppressive weight. The project inhabits the crushing intersection where both genres converge.
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