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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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Noctalis is a folk/black metal project from Giessen in Hessen, active since 2016. The project weaves folk melodies into black metal from the university town on the Lahn River.
Noctambulant is a black metal band from Ostrava in the Czech Republic's Silesian region, active since 2017. The project's name meaning 'sleepwalker' guides their trance-like approach to black metal from the industrial northeast.
Tilburg post-black metal project formed in 2017, blending atmospheric textures with black metal's intensity from the city that hosts Roadburn Festival. Their expansive sound bridges raw aggression and contemplative beauty.
Noctarth is a melodic black metal band from Thuringia, active since 2006. Nearly two decades of melodic black metal from central Germany's forested heartland have established the band in the eastern German underground.
Noctatur is a black metal project from Torrevieja on Spain's Costa Blanca, formed in 2025. The project brings black metal darkness to the sunlit Mediterranean coast.
Italian black/doom metal project formed in 2022, merging black metal's atmospheric intensity with doom's crushing weight. Their fusion approach explores the darkest intersection of both genres.
Nocte Obducta is an avant-garde black metal band from Mainz, active since 2003. Over two decades, the band has pushed black metal into experimental, avant-garde territory from the Rhineland-Palatinate capital.
Noctem is a black/death metal band from Valencia, active since 2019. The band channels nocturnal extremity through a fierce blend of black and death metal from Spain's third city.
Noctem Obscuram is a black metal and ambient project from the UK, formed in 2025. The project blends black metal intensity with ambient atmospheric textures.
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