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Infinite Terror (2024)
Featured Doom Metal Album
With Fang and Claw (2025)
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Featured Metalcore Album
Drowned in my Loneliness (2008)
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Insinistra is a symphonic metal band from Prague, Czech Republic, formed in 2018, blending orchestral sweep with heavy metal power. The band crafts dramatic compositions where classical instrumentation meets aggressive modern metal from the Bohemian capital.
Inspiria is a symphonic death metal band from Mazyr, Belarus, formed in 2015, pairing orchestral grandeur with death metal brutality. The band merges sweeping arrangements and dramatic melodies with crushing heaviness from the southern Belarusian city on the Pripyat River.
Ira Diaboli is a symphonic black metal act from Larissa, Greece, active since 2014 and weaving orchestral grandeur into the ferocity of black metal. The project delivers cinematic, bombastic extremity with sweeping arrangements.
Symphonic metal band from Lille in northern France, active since 2014. Their sound layers orchestral grandeur over heavy metal from the Nord capital.
Iscuron is a symphonic/atmospheric/medieval black metal project from Northern Italy, Italy, active since 2021 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the Italy black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
Itk is a symphonic black metal band from Tallinn, Estonia, formed in 2024, layering orchestral grandeur over black metal ferocity. The band represents the newest wave of Estonian extreme metal.
Symphonic metal band from Marseille on France's Mediterranean coast, active since 2013. Their sound layers orchestral arrangements over heavy metal from France's second-largest city.
Ivory Moon is a epic symphonic metal band from Rome, Italy, active since 2020 and weaving orchestral grandeur into heavy metal songwriting. The project delivers cinematic, bombastic compositions with sweeping arrangements.
Izakaron is a symphonic black metal act from Dzerzhinsk, Russia, active since 2015 and weaving orchestral grandeur into the ferocity of black metal. The project delivers cinematic, bombastic extremity with sweeping arrangements.
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