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Infinite Terror (2022)
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Obnoxious Demos (2014)
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Mentally Murdered (2019)
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No More Hope is an atmospheric black metal project from Russia, active since 2019. Their bleakly direct name encapsulates the despair-laden atmosphere of their compositions.
No Sun Rises is a German atmospheric and post-black metal project active since 2016. The project's bleakly evocative name captures the eternal darkness of their atmospheric approach.
Warsaw black/death metal project formed in 2020, whose Latin name translates to 'Black Nobility,' channeling extreme darkness from Poland's capital. Their fusion approach draws from the most aggressive elements of both genres.
Noble Sadist is a black/death metal project from Nuremberg, active since 2021. The project channels aristocratic cruelty through extreme metal from the Franconian capital.
Noc is a post-black metal band from Chrudim in eastern Bohemia, active since 2013. The project's Czech name meaning 'night' guides their atmospheric, nocturnal take on post-black metal.
Nocebo is a blackened deathcore and death metal band from the Normandy and Grand Est regions of France, formed in 2024. Their sound fuses the breakdown-heavy aggression of deathcore with blackened death metal extremity.
Nocra is an atmospheric black metal project from Saint Petersburg, Russia, active since 2009. They craft immersive, nocturnal soundscapes from the Baltic coast.
Industrial black metal act operating across Viareggio, Pisa, and Livorno on the Tuscan coast, fusing mechanical rhythms with black metal's primal fury. Their cold, cybernetic approach transforms the genre's organic aggression into something clinical and calculated.
Nocrul is a black metal project from Szentendre, Hungary, active since 2013. They craft darkness from this picturesque artists' town on the Danube Bend north of Budapest.
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