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The Necrotic Manifesto (Bonus Tracks Edition) (2023)
Featured Death Metal Album
Coronary Reconstruction (EP) (2024)
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AMENRA "Day Is Done" by Nick Drake (2021)
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Melodic black metal band from Nantes in western France, active since 2018. Their French name — meaning 'unnamed' — channels melodic black metal from the Loire-Atlantique.
Innosin is a melodic heavy metal/rock band from Twente, Netherlands, active since 2010 and forging classic heavy metal with conviction and power. The project channels the timeless spirit of traditional metal riffage.
Innovation Threat are a death metal band from Liverpool, formed in 2016. Their album Gehinnom delivers aggressive death/thrash metal with tracks exploring existential and anti-religious themes.
Innowrun is a Minsk-based project formed in 2024, evolving from ambient origins into atmospheric black metal territory. The band layers ethereal textures over tremolo-picked darkness, bridging electronic ambience with extreme metal intensity.
Innse Gall is a post-black metal band from Berlin, Germany, formed in 2020, named after the Gaelic term for the Hebridean isles. The band channels Celtic themes and atmospheric textures into expansive, emotionally rich post-black metal compositions.
Innsmouth is a technical death metal band from Aarhus, Denmark, formed in 2022, named after the fictional town from H.P. Lovecraft's cosmic horror mythos. The band channels Lovecraftian dread through technically demanding death metal compositions.
Inntrance is a heavy/groove metal band from Madrid, Spain, active since 2011, blending traditional heavy metal power with the rhythmic crunch of groove metal. Over a decade, the band has built a hypnotic, trance-inducing approach to heavy music from the Spanish capital.
Inoculate are a thrash metal band from Dartford, England, formed in 2018. They deliver aggressive UK thrash metal with a modern edge.
Inopexia is a heavy metal band from Vedra, Spain, active since 2009, delivering classic heavy metal from the rural Galician countryside. Over fifteen years, the band has forged their sound from the green, rain-drenched landscapes of northwestern Spain.
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