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Drag Me to Hell (2021)
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De Doorn (2022)
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Drowned in my Loneliness (2008)
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Niekinti is a raw black metal project from the UK, active since 2020. The band delivers lo-fi, unpolished black metal in the tradition of the genre's rawest expressions.
Niemandsluft is an atmospheric black metal project from Mainz, the capital of Rhineland-Palatinate, active since 2010. The project's name meaning 'no-man's air' captures the liminal, weightless quality of their atmospheric approach.
Nienor is a symphonic black metal band from Trhove Sviny in southern Bohemia, active since 2014. Named after the tragic figure from Tolkien's Silmarillion, the project blends orchestral elements with black metal in the rural Czech countryside.
Niente is a depressive black metal project from Prague, active since 2014. The project's Italian name meaning 'nothing' encapsulates the existential void at the core of their DSBM output.
Thessaloniki black metal project launched in 2020, contributing to northern Greece's extreme metal output. Their atmospheric approach to black metal draws from the region's rich tradition of dark and intense music.
Nierty is a black/death metal band from Wales, UK, active since 2010. The band fuses black and death metal traditions from the Welsh underground.
Nietzu is an atmospheric/post-black metal project from England, active since 2019. The project crafts expansive, atmospheric soundscapes that blend post-metal's sonic breadth with black metal's intensity.
Niezgal is a black metal band from Minsk, Belarus, active since 2011. The project's Belarusian-language name contributes to a strain of culturally rooted black metal from the Belarusian capital.
Niflungar is a black metal project from Novi Sad, Serbia, active since 2020. Named after the Nibelungs of Germanic legend, they bring mythological darkness from the Vojvodina capital.
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