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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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Athens-based death/thrash metal act formed in 2025, representing the newest wave of extreme metal emerging from the Greek capital. Their fusion of death metal heaviness with thrash velocity carries forward a tradition deeply rooted in the Hellenic scene.
Nekromaniak is a Portuguese black/thrash metal project active since 2015. They deliver maniacal black-thrash with raw intensity.
Nekromantheon is a thrash metal band from Kolbotn, Norway, active since 2007. Hailing from the same suburb as Darkthrone, they channel ancient Greek death oracle imagery into relentless thrash.
Knurów death/thrash metal act formed in 2018, delivering aggressive riffing from the Silesian industrial town. Their dual-genre assault channels both death metal brutality and thrash velocity.
Neldoreth is a thrash/death metal band from Erandio in the Basque Country, active since 2013. Named after the forest in Tolkien's Beleriand, the band fuses fantasy themes with thrash-death aggression from the Bilbao metropolitan area.
Nemaiah is a thrash metal band from Helsingborg, Sweden, active since 2012. The band delivers aggressive thrash metal from the southwestern Swedish coast across the strait from Denmark.
Nematomorphos is a death/thrash metal band from Tarouca in central Portugal, active since 2020. Named after the parasitic hairworm phylum, they bring biological horror to their metal.
Nemea is a thrash metal and hardcore band from the Bruges-Ostend area of West Flanders, Belgium, active since 2012. The band fuses thrash metal aggression with hardcore intensity from the Belgian coast.
Nemecic is a death/thrash metal band from the Jyvaskyla-Jamsa area of central Finland, active since 2017. The band delivers aggressive death-thrash from the Finnish Lakeland.
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