Isquemia is a black metal trio from San Luis, Argentina, formed in June 2022 by Fenrir (guitar/vocals), Rowley (drums), and Hellish (bass). The band released their debut demo "Culto Blasfemo" in July 2022, followed by their first full-length "Necromancia" in September 2023. Their music centers on themes of death, witchcraft, and dark ritual.

Ithaca is a heavy/groove metal trio from Buenos Aires, formed in 2020 during the pandemic lockdown, comprising Chino Gorosito (guitar/vocals/piano), Marcelo Bracalente (bass), and Pato Strunz (drums), the latter a veteran of iconic Argentine bands Hermética and Malón. The band is signed to Icarus Music and released their debut album "El Peso Que No Pesa" in September 2024, preceded by three singles — "El Sol Sin Ser," "Susurrando en Tu Mañana," and the title track — released monthly through the northern summer of 2024. The album was recorded at La Nave de Oseberg studio in Buenos Aires with engineer Martín Toledo.

Itium Profanum are a black metal band from Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil, formed in 2023. They released their debut album Tenebrosos Caminhos Obscuros on January 27, 2023, an eight-track record available independently through Bandcamp. The band operates as an unsigned act within Brazil's underground black metal scene.

Ivory Gates are a progressive metal band from Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil, formed in 2000 and named after the Fates Warning song "The Ivory Gate of Dreams." Blending 1970s progressive rock influences with the aggression of heavy metal — drawing comparisons to Iron Maiden, Queensrÿche, and Kansas — the band released their debut album Status Quo in 2005 as a limited edition of 500 copies through Die Hard Records. They have since released a string of albums including The Devil's Dance and Behind the Wall (2023), earning consistent recognition in both domestic and international press.

IxPxCxCxOxCxDxAxBxCxMxAxBxFxOxHx is a brutal death metal and goregrind act from Carabobo, Venezuela, formed in 2016 and since split up. The band released a full-length titled "Infección" in 2016, followed by an instrumental version of the same record and a split in 2017. True to the goregrind tradition, the project operates under an intentionally extreme acronym-based name.