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Nasty Face is a goregrind band from Basel, Switzerland, active since 2017. The project delivers splattery, lo-fi goregrind extremity from the cultural capital of northwestern Switzerland.
Nasty Surgeons is a death metal and grindcore band from Burgos in Castile and Leon, active since 2017. The band performs surgical death metal with clinical precision from the medieval Gothic cathedral city.
Seminal Örebro grindcore act active 1992-2004, whose four albums from 'Inhale/Exhale' to 'Shift' on Relapse and Burning Heart Records defined Swedish grindcore for a generation. The band ended tragically when frontman Mieszko Talarczyk was killed in the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, though they briefly reunited in 2012 with Rotten Sound's Keijo Niinimaa for a 20th anniversary tour.
Zagreb brutal death metal and grindcore outfit formed in 2014, delivering rapid-fire extremity from Croatia's capital. Their relentless sonic assault combines death metal's brutality with grindcore's blistering velocity.
Neandertaler Rulez is a death metal and grindcore band from Berlin, formed in 2022. The band's tongue-in-cheek prehistoric branding belies serious grinding extremity from the German capital.
Neapykunta is a grindcore band from Colchester, UK, formed in 2023. The band delivers relentless grindcore blasts from the southeast of England.
Necro Terror is a grindcore band from Santo António dos Cavaleiros near Lisbon, active since 2017. They deliver rapid-fire terror from the Lisbon suburbs.
Necrobass is a brutal death metal and grindcore band from Moscow, Russia, active since 1993. With over three decades of history, they are among the pioneer extreme metal acts of the Russian capital.
Necroblation is a death metal and grindcore band from Lausanne, Switzerland, active since 2013. The band pairs death metal heaviness with grindcore velocity from the shores of Lake Geneva.
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