Nuke from Orbit is a death/sludge metal band from Västra Götaland, Sweden, active since 2017. The band combines death metal brutality with sludge metal's crushing weight from western Sweden.

Nukke is a melodic death metal project from Finland, formed in 2021. The band contributes to Finland's rich melodic death metal lineage with compositions that balance aggression and melody.

Nukular is a black/death metal project from Baden-Baden in the Black Forest, formed in 2024. The project brings radioactive extremity to the famous spa town of southwestern Germany.

Nullentropy is a one-man extreme metal project from Nantes, France, rooted in industrial black metal with progressive and electronic elements. Their 2021 concept album Cyber Sulphur tells the story of an AI's rise to sentient divinity, blending extreme metal with saxophone and electronics.

Nullified is a black/melodic death metal band from Koprivnica, Croatia, formed in 2022. They deliver technically proficient extreme metal from this northern Croatian city.

Numanthia is a black/death metal band from Södertälje, Sweden, formed in 2021. Named after the ancient Celtiberian city, the band delivers fierce extreme metal from the Stockholm area.

Numinosity is a death metal band from Hartenstein in Saxony, active since 2020. The band channels transcendent death metal from the Ore Mountains of eastern Germany.

Numquam is a death metal project from Borzavár, Hungary, formed in 2024. Their Latin name — meaning 'never' — adds classical gravitas to their brutal approach.

Nuxvomica is a Finnish death metal act from Helsinki with roots stretching back to 1991, making them veterans of the early Finnish death metal wave. Their long history places them among the foundational acts of Helsinki's extreme metal underground.