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Big Ship Little Ship / Bassline Junkie (2020)
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No More Hollywood Endings (2025)
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Nepumuc is a symphonic death metal and metalcore band from Albisheim in the Rhineland-Palatinate, active since 2016. The band fuses orchestral death metal with metalcore structure from the Palatinate wine country.
Nera is a black/symphonic metal band from Rapallo near Genoa, Italy, active since 2016. Their name — Italian for 'black' — distills the darkness at the core of their orchestral metal.
Nereids is a symphonic power metal band from Marseille, France, describing themselves as a symphonic rock and baroque metal band from beyond. Their sound blends orchestral grandeur with heavy metal across tracks like Sail To Hades and Silent Hope.
Neron Kaisar is a black/symphonic metal band from Ufa, the capital of Bashkortostan, Russia, active since 2017. Named after the Roman emperor Nero in Greek transcription, they pair imperial grandeur with extreme darkness.
Nervengeist is a symphonic black metal and ambient project from Albi, France, founded by Thomas Hornstein and Axel Plantade. Their five-piece lineup explores themes of nature, the human spirit, and psychology through atmospheric and orchestral black metal, as heard in their Path to Suffocation demo.
Netherbird is a blackened death metal band from Jönköping, Sweden, founded in 2004. Creating 'Swedish blackened death metal art,' the band has released albums including 'Arete' and 'Into The Vast Uncharted,' establishing themselves as a significant force in the melodic extreme metal scene.
Neuroheart is an industrial/symphonic metal band from Moscow, Russia, formed in 2025. They merge electronic textures with orchestral metal grandeur.
Neuroleptica is a power/symphonic metal band from Bacău, Romania, formed in 2024. They bring orchestral grandeur to the Romanian metal scene from the Moldavian region.
Neurotech is an industrial/symphonic metal solo project from Ljubljana, Slovenia, created by producer Wulf. Operating across multiple musical identities including ambient and trance projects, Neurotech fuses cyber metal with electronic elements, atmospheric textures, and symphonic arrangements.
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