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Featured Album
La Grande Mascarade - EP (2024)
Featured Heavy Metal Album
No More Hollywood Endings (2025)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
The Pursuit of Vikings: Live at Summer Breeze (Main Stage) (2018)
05/09 @ Coca-Cola Roxy, Atlanta
Featured Stoner Metal Album
Gossamer Wings of Illusion (2025)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
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Metalcore band from Paris, France active since 2013. Their sound channels metalcore aggression from the French capital.
Instil is a melodic death metal, metalcore band from Groningen, Netherlands, active since 2018 and blending melodic harmonies with death metal aggression. The project channels the twin-guitar traditions of Scandinavian-influenced melodeath.
Insurrection is a metalcore band from Leipzig, Germany, active since 2008, delivering breakdowns and aggressive energy from the Saxon music capital. The band has spent nearly two decades building their metalcore sound in one of eastern Germany's most vibrant music cities.
Interferences is a progressive metalcore band from Bydgoszcz, Poland, active since 2013 and crafting ambitious, technically proficient compositions that push beyond conventional metal boundaries. The project channels progressive sophistication.
Interitum are a metalcore and thrash metal band from Salzburg formed in 2012, working in the modern extreme metal space without label backing. The band blends metalcore song structures with thrash-rooted riffing and remains active as an independent underground act.
Internal Conflict are a metalcore and thrash metal band from Leicester, England, formed in 2015. Metal Hammer described their sound as a head-on collision of post-millennial metal, blending brutal and melodic elements across albums like Aporia.
Intero is a metalcore band from Nijmegen, Netherlands, active since 2006 and delivering aggressive, dynamic metal with crushing breakdowns and intense energy. The project channels the power of modern extreme metal.
Metalcore/industrial/thrash metal band from Paris, France active since 2012. Their three-genre fusion channels aggressive metal from the French capital.
Into the Fray is a groove metal/metalcore band from Moscow / Saint Petersburg, Russia, active since 2016 and delivering heavy, rhythmic riffage with crushing mid-tempo intensity. The project channels the headbanging immediacy of groove metal.
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