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NL · 2019–present · active
Dutch black metal project formed in 2019, channeling raw darkness and atmospheric intensity from the Netherlands. Their uncompromising approach draws from the genre's most extreme traditions.
Bucharest, RO · 2020–present · active
Negru Vodă is a black/folk/progressive metal band from Bucharest and Călărași, Romania, active since 2020. Named after a legendary Wallachian ruler, they weave Romanian history into their atmospheric metal.
PT · 2022–present · active
Negrume is a Portuguese black metal project formed in 2022. Their name — Portuguese for 'darkness' or 'blackness' — distills the essence of their sound.
CH · 2022–present · active
Nehalennia is a Swiss black metal project formed in 2022, named after the Germanic goddess of the North Sea. The project channels maritime and mythological themes through a black metal framework.
Lyon, FR · 2010–present · active
Neige Morte is an obscure post-black metal entity split between Lyon, France, and Gothenburg, Sweden, creating what they describe as icy and oppressive hypothermic musical blasts. Their sound shifts between ponderous, bizarre atmospheric passages and frozen riffs across releases like Bicephaale and TRINNNT.
Berlin, DE · 2022–present · active
Neithan is a black metal project from Berlin, active since 2022. The project adds to the German capital's deep well of black metal with a cold, unforgiving approach.
IT · 2015–present · active
Nekhen is a black/doom metal project from Italy, active since 2015. Named after the ancient Egyptian city (modern Hierakonpolis), they channel pharaonic darkness.
FR · 2015–present · active
Nekkral is a French black/doom/sludge metal and ambient project formed in 2015, blending the oppressive weight of doom and sludge with black metal darkness and ambient textures. The project explores the intersection of extreme metal heaviness and atmospheric soundscaping.
Kaunas, LT · 2014–present · active
Nekkralai is a black metal project from Kaunas, Lithuania, active since 2014. They contribute to the steadily growing Lithuanian black metal underground.

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