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Termination Redux (EP) (2024)
Featured Thrash Metal Album
Obnoxious Demos (2014)
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Featured Grindcore Album
Mentally Murdered (2019)
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Iron Swan is a sludge/doom/stoner metal band from Nottingham, United Kingdom, active since 2013 and delivering crushing, fuzz-laden heaviness where doom's oppressive weight meets stoner metal's hazy grooves. The project channels low-end power and psychedelic atmosphere.
Iron Walrus is a doom/sludge metal band from Osnabruck, Germany, active since 2014, crafting monolithic compositions of crushing heaviness. Over a decade, the band has forged a formidable sound that merges doom's glacial weight with sludge's abrasive filth.
Iron Witch is a sludge/doom metal act from Liverpool, United Kingdom, active since 2011 and channeling monolithic heaviness through its doom metal framework. The project delivers oppressive, glacially paced compositions.
Isaiah is a death metal with black/sludge metal influences act from Northampton, United Kingdom, active since 2019 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.
Metal band from Guadalajara in central Spain, active since 2013, evolving from early sludge/post-metal into heavier stoner metal/rock territory. Their stylistic shift reflects a move toward riff-driven heaviness.
Itself Timeless is a sludge/post-metal band from London, United Kingdom, active since 2021 and delivering crushing, suffocating heaviness from the low end. The project channels the abrasive, punishing weight of sludge metal.
IV Atonal is a doom/sludge metal/electronic act from Florence, Italy, active since 1993 and channeling monolithic heaviness through its doom metal framework. The project delivers oppressive, glacially paced compositions.
Ivy Crescent is a sludge metal, drone band from Brighton, United Kingdom, active since 2022 and delivering crushing, suffocating heaviness from the low end. The project channels the abrasive, punishing weight of sludge metal.
Izah is a atmospheric sludge/progressive metal/hardcore band from Tilburg, Netherlands, active since 2008 and delivering crushing, suffocating heaviness from the low end. The project channels the abrasive, punishing weight of sludge metal.
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