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Featured Album
Where Fear And Weapons Meet (2021)
Featured Sludge Metal Album
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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Nocturnal Escape is a progressive black/death metal band from Augsburg, active since 2015. The band fuses progressive ambition with extreme metal intensity from the Swabian city on the Lech River.
Noekk is a progressive/doom metal and rock project from Bavaria, active since 2005. Named after the shape-shifting water spirit of Scandinavian folklore, the project crafts fluid, evolving compositions across two decades.
Nofertum is a progressive metal band from Nyíregyháza in northeastern Hungary, active since 2019. They deliver technically ambitious compositions from this Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county seat.
NoisAlive is a progressive/heavy metal band from Pamplona, the capital of Navarre, active since 2015. The band channels the region's fiery spirit through progressive metal from the city famous for its running of the bulls.
NoiseField is a progressive metal band from Pécs, Hungary, active since 2018. They craft complex compositions from this UNESCO World Heritage city in southern Transdanubia.
Nokta is a melodic progressive power metal band from Wetter-Volmarstein in the Ruhr area, formed in 2025. The project fuses progressive complexity with power metal grandeur from the industrial heartland.
Nonamen is a progressive metal band from Kraków, Poland, active since 2012. They craft complex compositions from Poland's historic royal capital.
Noorag is a groove/progressive/sludge metal band from Cagliari, Sardinia, formed in 2023. They layer heavy grooves with progressive complexity from the Sardinian capital.
Nordelf is a progressive melodic death metal band from Ventspils, Latvia, formed in 2023. They bring technically ambitious metal from this Baltic port city on the Kurzeme coast.
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