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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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Featured Doom Metal Album
With Fang and Claw (2025)
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Nigmar is a death/melodic death/thrash metal band originally from Zagreb, later based in Sinj, Croatia, active since 2022. They traverse multiple extreme metal styles with versatile aggression.
Nihil Obstat is a melodic death metal and metalcore band from Saarbrucken, active since 2014. The band's Latin legal term meaning 'nothing stands in the way' drives their forward momentum through melodic extremity.
Nihilfer is a multi-genre metal band from Zagreb, Croatia, formed in 2023. They combine death, heavy, melodic death, and thrash metal into a versatile sonic assault.
Nihilion is a melodic death metal band from Munster. The band contributes to the Westphalian university city's robust melodic death metal community.
Nihilysm is a melodic death metal and metalcore band from Chemnitz in Saxony, formed in 2024. The band brings a nihilistic edge to modern melodeath from the former Karl-Marx-Stadt.
Nik Laidlaw Music is a melodic death metal and metalcore project from Inverness, Scotland, active since 2021. The project blends Scandinavian-style melodic death metal with modern metalcore from the Scottish Highlands.
Bydgoszcz melodic death metal act formed in 2014, named after the fictional kingdom from The Witcher universe, weaving melodic sophistication through death metal aggression. Their literary namesake hints at the narrative ambition in their sound.
Nimphaion is a multi-genre extreme metal band from Shuya in the Ivanovo Oblast, Russia, active since 2013. They blend black, death, melodic death, and symphonic metal from this small textile city.
Sulmona melodic death metal act active since 2000, representing one of Abruzzo's longest-running extreme metal presences. Their quarter-century of melodic aggression speaks to deep roots in central Italy's metal underground.
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