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The Pain, will be exquisite (2025)
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Abridged Dimensions (2025)
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With Oden On Our Side (2015)
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Black/death metal act from Varazdin in northern Croatia, formed in 2018 and bringing extreme darkness from the country's baroque heartland. Their fusion of black and death metal channels the most aggressive elements of both genres.
N.O.S.P.A. is a death metal band from Surgut, Russia, active since 2019. They bring brutality from this oil-rich city deep in the West Siberian taiga.
Naamah is a progressive death metal band from Paris, France, formed in 2018. Their music pushes death metal into complex, progressive territory, reflecting the adventurous spirit of the French extreme metal scene.
Nabiska is a melodic death metal band from Izola, Slovenia, active since 2012. The band delivers melody-driven death metal from the Adriatic coast, one of Slovenia's few coastal metal acts.
Nachthafen is a black/death metal project from Kajaani in the Kainuu region of eastern Finland, active since 2018. The project channels extreme metal from one of Finland's most remote cities.
Nachtrab is a melodic death metal band from Lorrach on Germany's border with Switzerland and France, active since 2019. The band's trilateral border location informs a melodic death metal sound that draws from multiple European traditions.
Nachtschatten is a melodic death metal band from Karlsruhe in Baden-Wurttemberg, active since 2018. The band's name meaning 'nightshade' reflects the dark melodic venom in their death metal from southwestern Germany.
Nachzehrer is a black/death metal project from the Saarland region of Germany, active since 2021. The project takes its name from a variant of the German vampire legend, informing their blend of black and death metal from the French-German borderlands.
Naer Mataron is a black metal band from Athens, Greece, whose sound has evolved from black metal origins into death metal territory. The band is part of the storied Hellenic extreme metal tradition.
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