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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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Nocturnal Escape is a progressive black/death metal band from Augsburg, active since 2015. The band fuses progressive ambition with extreme metal intensity from the Swabian city on the Lech River.
Nocturnal Fears is a death/industrial metal band from Lille, France, active since 2008. Their sound merges the aggression of death metal with mechanized industrial textures from northern France's underground.
Nocturnal I is a doom/death metal project from Osnabruck, formed in 2025. The project brings glacial doom-death to the northern German city near the Dutch border.
Nocturnal Scum is a death metal and crust band from Berlin, active since 2016. The band pairs death metal heaviness with crust punk's raw urgency from the German capital.
Nocturnal Wrath is a multi-genre extreme metal band from Tula, Russia, active since 2003. Over two decades, they have evolved through black, death, doom, and industrial metal influences.
Nocturnlands is a black/death metal band from Kostroma, Russia, active since 2011. They deliver extreme metal from this ancient Golden Ring city on the Volga.
Nodafreth is a melodic death metal and deathcore band from Morges, Switzerland, active since 2019. The band combines the melodic intricacy of Gothenburg-style death metal with modern deathcore breakdowns from the Lake Geneva region.
Noein is a groove/death metal band from Rouen, France, formed in 2020, whose sound has evolved from industrial groove metal origins into a heavier groove/death metal direction. The band represents Normandy's growing extreme metal community.
Nofear is a death metal band from Crispiano near Taranto, Italy, formed in 2025. They bring fearless brutality from the Puglian countryside.
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