Northanger is a heavy metal band from Vercelli in Piedmont, Italy, active since 2013. Their Gothic-novel-inspired name hints at the dark romanticism within their traditional metal.

Northborn is a melodic death/symphonic metal band from Stockholm, Sweden, active since 2012. The band combines sweeping symphonic arrangements with melodic death metal intensity from the Swedish capital.

Northcrown is a folk/black metal project from Huittinen, Finland, formed in 2020. The band interweaves Finnish folk melodies and pagan themes with the raw intensity of black metal.

Northeldir is a Finnish black metal project active since 2021, with releases including Under The Sovereign Moon and a collaboration with Xavarthan titled Fierce Alliance Under The Northern Star. Their music draws on Nordic nature imagery and the atmospheric depths of the Scandinavian black metal tradition.

Norther was a Finnish melodic death metal band from Espoo, formed in 1996 under the name Requiem before adopting their final name. Drawing frequent comparisons to Children of Bodom in their early work, they released six studio albums beginning with Dreams of Endless War (2002) and Mirror of Madness (2003), building a devoted following in the Finnish melodic death metal scene. The band continued releasing records through Circle Regenerated (2011) before disbanding in 2012.

Northerion is a melodic heavy metal band from Aurich in East Frisia, active since 2012. The band brings epic melodic metal to the windswept flatlands of Germany's North Sea coast.

Northern Asylum is a heavy metal band from Stockholm, Sweden, active since 2017. The band plays classic heavy metal from Sweden's capital, continuing the Scandinavian tradition of powerful, riff-driven metal.

Northern Blood is a black metal project from Pinneberg near Hamburg, active since 2022. The project channels northern European black metal traditions from the greater Hamburg area.

Black metal act from Lamia in central Greece, one of the region's longest-running extreme metal presences with roots stretching back to 2001. Their two decades of activity speak to a steadfast commitment to the genre's uncompromising darkness.