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Nihilrage is a death metal band from Tudela in Navarre, active since 2020. The band delivers rage-fueled death metal from the Ebro valley of northern Spain.
Volos-based black metal and crust punk hybrid formed in 2019, combining the atmospheric intensity of black metal with crust's raw D-beat energy. Their fusion of these complementary extremes creates a sound both savage and atmospheric.
Nihilum is a black metal project from Baden-Wurttemberg, active since 2020. The project's Latin name meaning 'nothing' encapsulates the void at the heart of their southwestern German black metal.
Nihilus is a black/thrash metal band from Paris, France, formed in 2016. Their sound combines the raw velocity of thrash with black metal's atmospheric darkness in the tradition of blackened thrash.
Polish black/death metal project formed in 2021, merging atmospheric intensity with guttural extremity. Their fusion approach channels the darkest impulses of both genres.
Nihilwelt is a Russian black/death metal project active since 2019. Their German name — meaning 'world of nothing' — captures the nihilistic void at the heart of their sound.
Nihilysm is a melodic death metal and metalcore band from Chemnitz in Saxony, formed in 2024. The band brings a nihilistic edge to modern melodeath from the former Karl-Marx-Stadt.
Nihternnes is a black metal band from Northampton, UK, active since 2006, whose sound has evolved from symphonic black metal into progressive black metal territory. Their two-decade presence makes them veterans of the Midlands black metal scene.
Nihtsin is an atmospheric doom, black metal, and dark ambient project active since 2021. The project creates immersive, multi-layered soundscapes that blur the boundaries between doom, black metal, and ambient.
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