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Where Fear And Weapons Meet (2021)
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AMENRA “De zotte morgen” (written by Zjef Vanuytsel) (2020)
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With Fang and Claw (2025)
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Nexus Clandestine is a doom/sludge metal band from Landshut in Lower Bavaria, active since 2014. The band channels crushing doom and sludge from the medieval Bavarian city on the River Isar.
Nexus of Sominus is a doom metal project from Hessen, formed in 2024. The project explores the depths of somnolent doom from central Germany.
Nezgaroth is a doom/gothic metal band from Karlstad, Sweden, active since 1999. One of the longest-running doom/gothic metal acts from the Värmland region, the band has maintained over a quarter century of dark, melancholic metal.
Neander is a Berlin-based doom, post-metal, and rock band active since 2012. The project crafts expansive, heavy soundscapes that bridge doom, post-metal, and rock from the German capital.
Neživ is a multi-genre extreme metal band from Sinj, Croatia, blending black, death, and doom metal since 2016. Their name — meaning 'lifeless' in Croatian — befits their desolate, heavy sound from the Dalmatian hinterland.
NHND is a Munich-based project that evolved from drone/doom metal origins into black metal since 2025. The project's abbreviated identity matches their enigmatic approach to extreme metal.
Nhor is an ambient/folk and atmospheric black/doom metal project from Herefordshire, UK, active since 2013. The project blends ambient folk textures with atmospheric black metal and doom, creating music inspired by the rural English countryside.
Nidra is a black/doom metal band from Perm, Russia, formed in 2021. Named after the Sanskrit word for deep sleep, they craft hypnotic, dark compositions from the Ural foothills.
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