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Strychnine.213 (Bonus Track Edition) (2023)
Featured Black Metal Album
Death Doom Punks (2026)
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Featured Power Metal Album
Curse of the Crystal Coconut (2020)
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Death metal act from the Achterhoek region formed in 2013, delivering old-school brutality from the rural heartland of Gelderland. Their sustained commitment to death metal from an unlikely locale speaks to the genre's universal reach.
Nobelium is a progressive metal band from Avignon, France, active since 2011. The band crafts complex, evolving progressive metal compositions from the historic Provençal city.
Warsaw black/death metal project formed in 2020, whose Latin name translates to 'Black Nobility,' channeling extreme darkness from Poland's capital. Their fusion approach draws from the most aggressive elements of both genres.
Noble Rot is a heavy metal band from Dusseldorf, formed in 2023. Named after the fungal process that transforms grapes for fine wine, the band brings a refined approach to heavy metal from the Rhineland.
Noble Sadist is a black/death metal project from Nuremberg, active since 2021. The project channels aristocratic cruelty through extreme metal from the Franconian capital.
Catania heavy metal act formed in 2020, delivering classic metal power from the shadow of Mount Etna in eastern Sicily. Their traditional approach channels the primal energy of heavy metal's foundational traditions.
Noc is a post-black metal band from Chrudim in eastern Bohemia, active since 2013. The project's Czech name meaning 'night' guides their atmospheric, nocturnal take on post-black metal.
Nocardia is a thrash metal band from Otegem in Belgium's West Flanders province, active since 2013. Named after the bacterial genus, the band brings clinical thrash metal precision to the Flemish underground.
Nocebo is a blackened deathcore and death metal band from the Normandy and Grand Est regions of France, formed in 2024. Their sound fuses the breakdown-heavy aggression of deathcore with blackened death metal extremity.
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