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Nuh is a sludge/doom metal band from Valencia, active since 2016. The band delivers crushing, low-frequency doom from Spain's Mediterranean coast.
Nuisance of Majority is a sludge metal and crossover band from Kiel on the Baltic coast, active since 2006. Nearly two decades of sludge-soaked crossover from Schleswig-Holstein's capital make them a long-running fixture.
Nuke from Orbit is a death/sludge metal band from Västra Götaland, Sweden, active since 2017. The band combines death metal brutality with sludge metal's crushing weight from western Sweden.
Nyeh is a sludge/stoner/doom metal band from Berlin, active since 2020. The band's onomatopoeic name captures the lazy, heavy weight of their doom-laden sound.
Naire is an atmospheric sludge metal and crust band from Linz, Austria, delivering harrowing post-metal that addresses humanity's exploitation of the earth. Their five-piece lineup released 'Epoch' in 2021 and the full-length 'The Age of Man' in 2024, both recorded at Doom Studios by Markus Matzinger.
Budapest-based band that evolved from post-hardcore origins into doom, sludge, and post-metal, active since 2012. Their stylistic transformation reflects a deepening heaviness across more than a decade of activity.
Sludge/doom metal band from Stockholm, Sweden, active since 2014. Their occult-tinged name accompanies crushing sludge and doom from the Swedish capital.
Riga progressive sludge metal act active since 2016, a rare representative of Latvia's small but adventurous heavy music scene. Their approach layers progressive complexity over sludge metal's corrosive foundation, resulting in compositions that are both intellectually demanding and physically heavy.
Stoner/doom/sludge metal band from Ternopil, western Ukraine, formed in 2024. Their triple-genre approach delivers maximum heaviness from the Galician city.
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