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Eschatology of War (2021)
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Big Ship Little Ship / Bassline Junkie (2020)
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No More Hollywood Endings (2025)
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N R C S S S T is a black metal project from Vilnius, Lithuania, active since 2015. Their vowelless, fragmented name adds cryptic mystery to their dark underground output.
N.A.RAC. is a raw black metal project from Italy, formed in 2022. They deliver stripped-down, lo-fi black metal in the tradition of the rawest underground acts.
Black/death metal act from Varazdin in northern Croatia, formed in 2018 and bringing extreme darkness from the country's baroque heartland. Their fusion of black and death metal channels the most aggressive elements of both genres.
N.K.V.D. is an industrial black metal act from Montpellier, France, merging the mechanized intensity of industrial music with the raw aggression of black metal. Their sound creates a cold, oppressive atmosphere that draws on totalitarian imagery and sonic extremity.
Polish black metal and ambient project formed in 2014, whose name means 'At the Bottom,' channeling bleak atmospheric soundscapes through extreme metal foundations. Their dual approach bridges raw aggression and electronic introspection.
Na Hearadh is an atmospheric black metal project formed in Manchester, UK, in 2014. Their releases A Bheinn Anns An Athar and Teaglach, titled in Scottish Gaelic, channel dark, ambient-influenced black metal through a Celtic linguistic lens.
Na Zarot is a black metal project from Hamburg, active since 2021. The project contributes to Hamburg's diverse metal underground from Germany's largest port city.
Nijmegen black metal project formed in 2023, channeling raw darkness from the Netherlands' oldest city. Their atmospheric aggression draws from the genre's most primal underground traditions.
Naakhum is a band from Igualada in Catalonia that evolved from black metal and ambient into blackened folk metal since 2010. The project's stylistic shift blends Catalan folk traditions with black metal from the Barcelona hinterland.
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