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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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Thrash/groove/death metal band from the UK launched in 2025. Their three-genre fusion delivers relentless aggression.
I Inside is a thrash/heavy metal band from the Waasland region of Belgium, formed in 2016, delivering classic-leaning metal with aggressive thrash energy. Their sound draws from the European thrash tradition while incorporating traditional heavy metal melodicism.
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I Witness is a death/thrash metal band from Bruges, Belgium, active since 2009, wielding a punishing hybrid of death metal ferocity and thrash metal velocity. The band delivers relentless, riff-driven aggression rooted in the Low Countries extreme metal underground.
I.D.K. is a thrash metal/crossover band from Brindisi, Italy, active since 1996 and fusing the aggression of thrash metal with hardcore punk's raw energy and attitude. The project delivers high-octane crossover fury.
I.rak is a thrash metal band from Nizhyn, Ukraine, active since 2009 and delivering aggressive, riff-driven thrash with relentless intensity. The project channels the speed and fury of the genre.
Iamdisease is a hardcore/thrash/sludge metal band from Ajdovščina/Črniče/Nova Gorica, Slovenia, active since 2010 and delivering crushing, suffocating heaviness from the low end. The project channels the abrasive, punishing weight of sludge metal.
Iato is a hardcore/thrash/death metal band from Quartu Sant'Elena (Cagliari), Italy, active since 2012 and merging death metal's heaviness with thrash's relentless velocity. The project delivers aggressive crossover fury.
Ibex is a black/thrash metal band from Cologne, Germany, formed in 2020, fusing the raw aggression of black metal with the velocity and riff-driven attack of thrash. The band delivers a fast, filthy hybrid of both genres from Germany's fourth-largest city.
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European Metal Index is an index of European heavy metal bands — death metal, black metal, thrash metal, doom metal, metalcore, hardcore punk, and all heavy music. Browse bands by genre, find metal concerts near you, and discover the European metal scene.