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Niente is a depressive black metal project from Prague, active since 2014. The project's Italian name meaning 'nothing' encapsulates the existential void at the core of their DSBM output.
Nihilistium is a depressive black metal project from Kerry, active since 2019. The project channels despair and melancholy through the raw emotional intensity of depressive black metal.
Nocturnal Degrade is a depressive black metal project from Rome, Italy, active since 2010. They channel existential despair through the bleakest shades of black metal.
Nocturnal Depression is an atmospheric/depressive black metal band from Grenoble, France, formed by H. Suizid and Lord Lokhraed, representing a unique style mixing black metal with doom, heavy, and dark metal. With a substantial discography including Spleen Black Metal, Tides of Despair, and Deathcade, they have become one of France's most recognized depressive black metal acts.
Nocturnal Nightmare is a depressive black metal project from Aneby, Sweden, formed in 2020. The project explores the darkest emotional depths through bleak, harrowing depressive black metal from rural Småland.
Nocturnalmorg is a depressive black metal project from Novosibirsk, Russia, active since 2014. They channel Siberian despair through the bleakest shades of DSBM.
Noitasade is a depressive black metal project from Turku, Finland, crafting raw and melancholic black metal in the DSBM tradition. Their 2025 demo, featuring songs in both Swedish and Finnish, was recorded with minimalist production by sole composer K. Rhema.
Nolove is an experimental depressive black metal project from Piła, Poland, active since 2019. Their blunt name captures the emotional void at the center of their DSBM.
Non_Self is a depressive black metal project from Rouen, France, active since 2017. The project explores themes of despair and self-negation through the raw emotional intensity of depressive black metal.
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