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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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Numinous is a black metal band from Lahti, Finland, active since 2003. With over two decades in the Finnish black metal scene, they have maintained a consistent presence crafting atmospheric and intense black metal.
Nunatakr is a black metal project from Halle an der Saale in Saxony-Anhalt, active since 2022. Named after the rocky peaks that protrude through glaciers, the project delivers icy black metal from central Germany.
NunFuckRitual is a black metal band from Oslo, Norway, active since 2011. Their deliberately provocative name accompanies genuinely dark, anti-religious black metal.
Nunkthul is a Parisian black metal band with roots stretching back to 2000, making them veterans of the French capital's black metal scene. Their two decades of activity have established them as an enduring presence in the Parisian underground.
Utrecht speed/black metal act launched in 2024, fusing breakneck velocity with atmospheric darkness from the Netherlands' fourth-largest city. Their aggressive crossover channels the raw energy of both traditions.
Nur Run is a black metal project from Soriano nel Cimino in the Viterbo province, Italy, active since 2019. They forge darkness from this medieval hill town in northern Lazio.
Greek black metal project formed in 2022 and named after the Chaos God of plague and decay from Warhammer lore. Their pestilent sound channels both the genre's aggression and the thematic darkness of their namesake deity.
Nurseflesh is a black/industrial metal band from Leeds, UK, active since 2018. Their sound merges the atmospheric darkness of black metal with the mechanized aggression of industrial metal.
Nurt Ognia is a raw black metal project from Bydgoszcz, Poland, active since 2020. Their Polish name — meaning 'stream of fire' — captures the elemental fury of their sound.
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