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Infinite Terror (2024)
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With Fang and Claw (2025)
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Drowned in my Loneliness (2008)
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Nekrokratie is a German raw black metal project formed in 2025. The project embraces the rawest, most primitive end of the black metal spectrum.
Nezznar is a raw black metal project from Transylvania, Romania, active since 2013. They draw on the dark mystique of Transylvania for their abrasive black metal.
Nidafjällen is a raw black metal project from Sweden, formed in 2023. The project channels primitive, lo-fi black metal inspired by the harsh Scandinavian wilderness.
Niekinti is a raw black metal project from the UK, active since 2020. The band delivers lo-fi, unpolished black metal in the tradition of the genre's rawest expressions.
Nighthaunter is a raw black metal project from Brighton, UK, formed in 2021. The band delivers lo-fi, uncompromising raw black metal from the Sussex coast.
Nigra Eucharistia is a raw black metal project from San Cristobal de la Laguna on the island of Tenerife, active since 2006. Two decades of blasphemous black metal from the Canary Islands make the project one of Spain's most geographically remote extreme acts.
Nitrist is a raw black metal project from Stavanger, Norway, with roots stretching back to 1991. As one of the earliest acts in the Norwegian black metal movement, they hold a pioneering underground position.
Nidafjoll is a German raw black metal project active since 2015. Named after the corpse-strewn mountain in Norse mythology, the project channels mythological bleakness through unprocessed black metal.
Rome raw black metal project formed in 2023, stripping the genre to its most primal and lo-fi essence from Italy's eternal city. Their minimalist approach embraces the harshness that defines raw black metal's underground ethos.
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