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Vault Of Horrors (2024)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Nozghot is a raw black metal project from Lubeck on Germany's Baltic coast, active since 2014. The project delivers unprocessed, lo-fi black metal from the historic Hanseatic port.
Noční Můra is a one-person atmospheric post-black metal project from Bordeaux, France, formed in 2023. The project oscillates between slow, haunting melodies and intense, obscure passages, drawing on black metal, doom metal, and post-hardcore influences.
Nubivagant is a black metal project from Calci near Pisa, Italy, active since 2020. Their Latin-derived name — meaning 'wandering through clouds' — captures the ethereal dimension of their atmospheric black metal.
Nuclear Blaze formed in 2017 with a sound that weaponizes black metal's cold atmosphere against the sheer velocity of grindcore, producing something abrasive and nihilistic in equal measure. The band strips both genres down to their most brutal fundamentals, offering little mercy in the way of melody or breathing room. Their Bandcamp presence marks them as a fixture in the extreme underground.
Istanbul black/death metal and noise project formed in 2023, channeling bestial extremity and sonic chaos. Their confrontational approach pushes extreme metal to its most abrasive limits.
Nuclear Hammer is a Finnish black metal act formed in 2024, channeling raw and uncompromising black metal from the depths of the Finnish underground. The project represents a fresh addition to Finland's prolific black metal scene.
Nuclear Magick is a black/death/doom metal band from the Essen-Bochum area of the Ruhr Valley, active since 2010. The band fuses three strains of extreme metal with occult themes from the industrial heartland.
Nuclear Revenge is a thrash/black metal band from Vitoria-Gasteiz, the capital of the Basque Country's Alava province, active since 2018. The band brings nuclear-level thrash aggression to the Basque interior.
Nuclear Thorn is a black metal project from Bytom in Upper Silesia, Poland, active since 2020. They pierce through with radioactive darkness from the Silesian industrial heartland.
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