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.

Idaslet is a folk metal band from Copenhagen, Denmark, active since 2010, incorporating Nordic folk traditions and instrumentation into a heavy metal framework. The band has spent over fifteen years forging their interpretation of Scandinavian folk metal from the Danish capital.

Folk/black metal band from Brittany, active since 2017, evolving from early pure black metal into folk-infused territory. Their Celtic Breton roots feed naturally into folk metal's acoustic traditions.

Ignea is a symphonic/progressive metal with middle-eastern folk in band from Kyiv, Ukraine, active since 2013 and weaving traditional folk melodies and instrumentation into heavy metal. The project bridges ancient cultural heritage with modern metal power.

Ignis Anima is a power/folk metal band from Madrid, Spain, active since 2015, weaving folk melodies and instrumentation into a power metal framework. The band merges the grandeur of power metal with Spanish and European folk traditions.

Ilbeltz is a folk/pagan black metal band from Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain, formed in 2020, blending Basque folk traditions with raw black metal intensity. The band channels the ancient culture and mythology of the Basque Country into atmospheric pagan metal.

Black/folk metal band from Turku, Finland active since 2017. Their name — referencing the legendary smith of the Kalevala — roots their folk-infused black metal in Finnish national mythology.

Imaginara is a folk/symphonic power metal band from Moscow, Russia, active since 2014 and weaving traditional folk melodies and instrumentation into heavy metal. The project bridges ancient cultural heritage with modern metal power.

Immermehr were a folk-influenced heavy metal band from Halbturn, Burgenland, active from 2014 to 2018, calling their genre "Österrock" — Austrian-flavored metal rock sung in German. Influenced by In Extremo, Rammstein, and Metallica, the quartet mixed earthy folk textures with driving heavy metal riffs under the creative direction of Ernst Radlspäck.