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The Necrotic Manifesto (Bonus Tracks Edition) (2023)
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Coronary Reconstruction (EP) (2024)
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AMENRA "Day Is Done" by Nick Drake (2021)
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Necrosphere is a death metal band from Siegen in North Rhine-Westphalia, active since 2014. The band delivers crushing death metal from the iron-ore hills of the Siegerland.
Necrosplit is a thrash metal band from the Grafing-Munich area of Bavaria, active since 2022. The band brings high-velocity thrash to the eastern suburbs of Bavaria's capital.
Necross is a death metal band from Obernkirchen in Lower Saxony, active since 1994. Three decades of unrelenting death metal from the Schaumburg district make them one of the longest-running extreme acts in the region.
Necrost is a technical death metal band from Moscow, Russia, active since 2016. They bring precision-engineered brutality from the Russian capital.
Necrostarted is a death metal and goregrind band from San Fernando in the Bay of Cadiz, active since 2016. The band delivers visceral extremity from the naval port city of Andalusia.
Necrostasis is a technical death metal band from Palermo, Sicily, formed in 2023. They bring precision-driven brutality from the Sicilian capital.
Necrostench is a black metal project from Tver, Russia, formed in 2025. Their putrid name signals the reeking darkness of their sound.
Necroster is a black metal project from Várpalota, Hungary, active since 2018. They forge darkness from this small city between the Bakony hills and Lake Balaton.
Hilversum black metal project formed in 2020, channeling raw darkness from the broadcast media capital of the Netherlands. Their atmospheric intensity adds an unlikely geographic dimension to Dutch black metal.
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