Napalm Death is the legendary grindcore and death metal band from Birmingham, England, formed in 1981, widely regarded as pioneers of the grindcore genre. The long-running core lineup of Barney Greenway, Shane Embury, Mitch Harris, and Danny Herrera has produced some of extreme metal's most influential work.

Napalm Massacre is a brutal death metal and grindcore project from Finland, active since 2015. The project delivers unrelenting extremity from the Finnish underground.

Napalm Ted is a death metal, grindcore, and punk band from Oulu in northern Finland, active since 2015. The band fuses multiple strains of extremity from the cultural capital of northern Finland.

Naphthalen is a death metal band from Haslev on the island of Zealand, active since 2015. Named after the chemical compound, the band brings caustic death metal to the Danish underground.

Napierdalać is a symphonic black/death metal band from Manchester, UK, formed in 2023. Their Polish-named project brings symphonic grandeur to extreme metal from the northwest of England.

Nar Mattaru is a black/death/pagan metal band from Kaliningrad, Russia, active since 2019. Named after a Sumerian underworld concept, they channel ancient mythology from Russia's Baltic exclave.

Narada is a death metal band from Saint Petersburg, Russia, active since 2018. Named after the Hindu divine sage, they bring spiritual intensity to their brutal sound.

Naraka is a melodic death metal band from Paris, France, formed in 2010. Their sound delivers the precision and aggression of death metal tempered by melodic sensibility, carving a space in the Parisian extreme metal scene.

Narcoleptia is a death metal band from the Orléans area of France, active since 2007 with demos including Between the Trees and Trample the Cults. Their catalog spans over a decade of underground French death metal.