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Vault Of Horrors (2024)
Featured Stoner Metal Album
Wild Child (2023)
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Soundtrack to Your Escape (The Quiet Place Version) (2022)
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Insonika is a stoner/doom metal band from Jönköping, Sweden, active since 2018 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.
Insonus is a black metal project from Pescara, Italy, active since 2016 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the Italy black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
Heavy metal band from Hyvinkää in southern Finland, active since 2010. Their sound channels classic heavy metal from the Uusimaa region.
Inspiracy is a death metal/deathcore band from Wolfsburg, Germany, formed in 2019, blending death metal's guttural ferocity with the breakdowns and intensity of deathcore. The band channels the automotive city's industrial power into punishing modern extreme metal.
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.
Instable Collective is a thrash metal/hardcore band from Pisa, Italy, active since 2013 and fusing the aggression of thrash metal with hardcore punk's raw energy and attitude. The project delivers high-octane crossover fury.
Instant Death is a thrash/death metal band from Kraków, Poland, active since 2017 and merging death metal's heaviness with thrash's relentless velocity. The project delivers aggressive crossover fury.
Nantes-based act active since 2014, evolving from early avant-garde death metal into later industrial hip-hop and hardcore territory. Their radical stylistic shift reflects a restless experimental spirit.
Progressive/post-metal band from Bordeaux, launched in 2025. Their Latin name — meaning 'star mountain' — channels atmospheric metal from the Aquitaine wine capital.
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