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I See Stars
I See Stars: American electronicore band formed 2006 in Warren, Michigan, on Sumerian Records; known for New Demons (No. 28 Billboard 200), Treehouse (2016), and THE WHEEL (2025).
Ice Nine Kills
Ice Nine Kills: American horror-themed metalcore band from Boston, formed 2000 as Ice Nine by Spencer Charnas and Jeremy Schwartz; Fearless Records act behind The Silver Scream albums and theatrical live shows.
Iced Earth
Iced Earth, also known early on as The Rose and Purgatory, is an American power/thrash metal band from Tampa, Florida, founded by Jon Schaffer; active 1988-2021, known for the Something Wicked concept albums and vocalists Barlow, Owens, and Block.
Igorrr
Igorrr is the French experimental music project of composer and multi-instrumentalist Gautier Serre, started in 2005 and known for fusing baroque music, extreme metal, and breakcore.
Ill Niño
Ill Niño is a New Jersey Latin metal/nu metal band formed in 1998 as El Niño, known for Revolution Revolución (2001), Confession (2003), Ozzfest 2002, and the 2019-2020 name lawsuit settled by Chavarri and Pina.
Immortal (band)
Immortal is a Norwegian black metal band formed in Bergen in 1990 by Demonaz and Abbath, known for the Blashyrkh winter realm concept and albums from Diabolical Fullmoon Mysticism (1992) to War Against All (2023).
Impaled Nazarene
Impaled Nazarene is a Finnish black metal band formed in Oulu in November 1990 by brothers Mika and Kimmo Luttinen; known for its self-styled "nuclear metal" and albums Tol Cormpt Norz Norz Norz, Ugra-Karma, and Suomi Finland Perkele.
Impending Doom
Impending Doom is an American deathcore band from Riverside, California, formed in 2005, known for combining extreme metal brutality with Christian lyrics, a style the band calls "gorship."
In Flames
In Flames: Swedish metal band formed in Gothenburg in 1990 by Jesper Strömblad; with At the Gates and Dark Tranquillity a pioneer of melodic death metal, the Gothenburg sound. Classic albums The Jester Race, Whoracle, Colony, Clayman; later alternative shift; Foregone (2023) marked a return.
In This Moment
In This Moment: Los Angeles alternative metal band formed in 2005 by Maria Brink and Chris Howorth; nine albums from Beautiful Tragedy (2007) to Witch (2026), Black Widow hit Billboard top ten, Grammy-nominated.
Incantation (group)
Incantation is an American death metal band formed in 1989 in New Jersey by John McEntee, counted with Immolation and Suffocation among New York's unholy trinity of death metal.
Infant Annihilator
Infant Annihilator, British/American technical deathcore studio project formed 2012 in Hessle, England, by Eddie Pickard and Aaron Kitcher, with American vocalists Dan Watson then Dickie Allen; albums The Palpable Leprosy of Pollution (2012), The Elysian Grandeval Galèriarch (2016), The Battle of Yaldabaoth (2019).
Insomnium
Insomnium is a Finnish melodic death metal band formed in 1997 in Joensuu, known for melancholic, atmospheric albums like In the Halls of Awaiting, Winter's Gate, and Anno 1696; its tenth album Netherworlds arrived in October 2026 on Century Media.
Inter Arma
Inter Arma is an extreme metal band from Richmond, Virginia, formed in 2006, blending doom, sludge, black metal, and death metal across six albums on Relapse Records.
Iotunn
Iotunn is a Danish/Faroese progressive metal band formed in Copenhagen in 2015, whose name is Old Norse for "Giant"; its albums include Access All Worlds (2021) and Kinship (2024).
Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden are an English heavy metal band formed in London in 1975 by bassist Steve Harris, and the leading band of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal.
Isis (band)
Isis was an American post-metal band formed in Boston in 1997 by Aaron Turner, Jeff Caxide, and Aaron Harris, disbanded 2010; albums Oceanic (2002) and Panopticon (2004) defined the genre. Distinguished from the 1970s funk band and Colombian band of the same name.
Issues (band)
Issues: American nu-metalcore band from Atlanta, formed 2012 by ex-Woe, Is Me members; blended metalcore with R&B and pop on Rise Records. Albums Issues (#9 Billboard 200), Headspace, Beautiful Oblivion; disbanded with January 2024 farewell shows.
It Dies Today
It Dies Today is a metalcore band from Buffalo, New York, formed in 2001, blending death metal and post-hardcore; its 2004 debut The Caitiff Choir sold 90,000 copies.
Ivar Bjørnson & Einar Selvik
Ivar Bjørnson & Einar Selvik is a Norwegian collaborative project formed in Bergen in 2014 by Enslaved's Ivar Bjørnson and Wardruna's Einar Selvik, releasing the albums Skuggsjá (2016) and Hugsjá (2018).
Iwrestledabearonce
Iwrestledabearonce (IWABO), American metalcore/mathcore band from Shreveport, Louisiana (2007–2016), named for a Gary Busey quote; four albums, Heatseekers No. 1 debut, vocalist Courtney LaPlante later founded Spiritbox.
Jasad
Jasad, meaning "corpse" in Indonesian, is a brutal death metal band from Bandung, Indonesia, formed in 1990 and regarded as a pioneer of the Ujung Berung scene.
Jazmin Bean
Jazmin Bean is the stage name of Jasmine Adams, an English non-binary singer and makeup artist from North London whose debut album Traumatic Livelihood arrived in 2024.
Jinjer
Jinjer, Ukrainian progressive groove metal band from Donetsk formed in 2009, fronted by Tatiana Shmayluk; viral hit Pisces, albums King of Everything, Wallflowers, and Duél (2025) on Napalm Records.
Job for a Cowboy
Job for a Cowboy is an American death metal band from Glendale, Arizona, formed December 2003; it began in deathcore with the 2005 Doom EP, shifted to death metal on Genesis, and released Moon Healer in 2024 on Metal Blade.
Judas Priest
Judas Priest is an English heavy metal band formed in Birmingham in 1969, known for Rob Halford's operatic vocals, dual lead guitars, and more than 50 million albums sold.
Judiciary (band)
Judiciary: crossover thrash/metallic hardcore band from Lubbock, Texas, fronted by Jake Collinson; albums Surface Noise (2019) and Flesh + Blood (2023) on Closed Casket Activities; Stalagmite Angels EP (2026).
Kalmah
Kalmah is a Finnish melodic death metal band from Pudasjärvi, formed in 1998. The group is known for its high-velocity style, twin guitars, and nine studio albums.
Kamelot
Kamelot is an American symphonic power metal band formed in Tampa, Florida, in 1991 by guitarist Thomas Youngblood. Known for the Faust-based Epica and The Black Halo, singers Roy Khan and Tommy Karevik, and fourteen albums through Dark Asylum (2026).
Kanonenfieber
Kanonenfieber is a German blackened death metal band formed in 2020 in Bamberg, led by anonymous musician Noise, themed entirely on World War I through authentic soldiers' documents; albums Menschenmühle and Die Urkatastrophe.