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ManiaCult (2021)
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Grave Mounds And Grave Mistakes (Luxus) (2018)
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Death Doom Punks (2026)
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Soundtrack to Your Escape (The Quiet Place Version) (2022)
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Neznaboh is a black metal project from Ostrava, Czech Republic, formed in 2023. The project's Czech name, evoking godlessness, signals an antitheistic approach to black metal from the Silesian heartland.
Nezznar is a raw black metal project from Transylvania, Romania, active since 2013. They draw on the dark mystique of Transylvania for their abrasive black metal.
Neživ is a multi-genre extreme metal band from Sinj, Croatia, blending black, death, and doom metal since 2016. Their name — meaning 'lifeless' in Croatian — befits their desolate, heavy sound from the Dalmatian hinterland.
Nhaarg is a Spanish black metal project active since 2014. The project delivers raw, uncompromising black metal from the Iberian underground.
Nhaavah is a black metal band from Zatec in northwestern Bohemia, active since 2012. The band delivers cold, unforgiving black metal from the hop-growing capital of the Czech Republic.
NHND is a Munich-based project that evolved from drone/doom metal origins into black metal since 2025. The project's abbreviated identity matches their enigmatic approach to extreme metal.
Nhor is an ambient/folk and atmospheric black/doom metal project from Herefordshire, UK, active since 2013. The project blends ambient folk textures with atmospheric black metal and doom, creating music inspired by the rural English countryside.
NHSH is a black metal project from Giessen in Hessen, active since 2012. The project delivers cold, abbreviated black metal from the university town on the Lahn River.
Nibelung is a symphonic black metal band from Compiègne, France, active since 2005. Their music combines the grandeur of symphonic arrangements with the ferocity of black metal, drawing on the mythological resonances of their name.
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