Heavy/power metal band from Finland formed in 2023. Their sound channels classic heavy and power metal energy.

Issolei is a black metal project from Trondheim, Norway, active since 1994 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the Norway black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.

IST IST are a Manchester post-punk band whose music draws on the city's dark guitar lineage while keeping a modern, self-contained identity. Formed in 2014, the group developed outside major-label machinery, building a dedicated following through independent releases, forceful live shows, and a sound based on deep vocals, stark bass movement, chiming guitar, and cold synthesizer color. Albums such as Architecture, The Art of Lying, Protagonists, and Light A Bigger Fire show a band refining a direct but atmospheric approach. IST IST fit post-punk scope plainly, with connections to darkwave and new wave in their use of repetition, shadowed melody, and controlled emotional distance. They are often compared to Joy Division or early Editors, but their songs work because the writing is more than reference. The rhythm section creates a disciplined pulse, the guitars cut in sharp lines, and Adam Houghton's voice gives the music a severe but human center. IST IST are not nostalgic costume drama; they are a working band using a familiar vocabulary to make songs about pressure, uncertainty, desire, and endurance feel immediate. Their best moments are austere, propulsive, and built for dark rooms.

Istapp is a melodic black metal act from Mjövik, Sweden, active since 2015 and channeling melodic sensibilities through the atmospheric intensity of black metal. The project delivers sweeping, emotionally resonant extreme metal.

Heavy metal band from Valladolid in Castile and León, active since 2011. Their sound channels traditional heavy metal from the historic Castilian capital.

Isten is a black/doom metal band from Berlin, Germany, active since 2015, fusing black metal's atmospheric ferocity with doom metal's glacial heaviness. The band's name — the Hungarian word for "God" — adds a spiritual dimension to their crushing sonic darkness.

Heavy metal band from Logroño in La Rioja, active since 2017. Their sound channels classic heavy metal from the Spanish wine country capital.

Istrulity is a death/thrash metal band from Čačak, Serbia, active since 2011 and merging death metal's heaviness with thrash's relentless velocity. The project delivers aggressive crossover fury.

Istårn is a progressive/melodic black metal act from Bergen, Norway, active since 2013 and channeling melodic sensibilities through the atmospheric intensity of black metal. The project delivers sweeping, emotionally resonant extreme metal.