Neuronaut is an avant-garde metal project from Stockholm, Sweden, formed in 2019. The project pushes the boundaries of metal with experimental and unconventional approaches to heavy music.

Nocte Obducta is an avant-garde black metal band from Mainz, active since 2003. Over two decades, the band has pushed black metal into experimental, avant-garde territory from the Rhineland-Palatinate capital.

Noirum is a Czech avant-garde black metal project active since 2021. The project ventures into experimental terrain, bending black metal conventions with avant-garde sensibilities.

Nox Mortis is an avant-garde gothic/doom metal band from Gotha in Thuringia, active since 1996. Nearly three decades of genre-bending doom and gothic metal make them one of the most enduring extreme acts in eastern Germany.

Nucleus Torn is an avant-garde and folk metal project from Ittigen near Bern, Switzerland, active since 2006. The project pushes the boundaries of metal with experimental arrangements that incorporate folk instrumentation and progressive songwriting.

Névoa is an avant-garde black metal band from Porto, Portugal, active since 2014. Their name — Portuguese for 'mist' — captures the obscured, atmospheric quality of their experimental black metal.

Helsinki avant-garde/progressive metal project active since 2012, pushing metal into unconventional sonic territory. Their output resists genre classification, combining experimental composition with heavy instrumentation in unpredictable ways.

Northwich's Onsetcold occupies the experimental fringes of death metal, incorporating avant-garde compositional techniques and unconventional structures into their heavy framework. Their willingness to push beyond genre boundaries gives their music an unpredictable, unsettling character.

Avant-garde/technical thrash and death metal band from Oslo, Norway, with roots dating to 2003. Over two decades of experimental extreme metal represent a boundary-pushing force in the Norwegian capital's metal scene.