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Termination Redux (EP) (2024)
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Death Atlas (2019)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Nusha is a black/progressive metal band from Zagreb, Croatia, active since 2017. They push black metal into progressive territory with ambitious compositions.
Nusquama is a black metal project from Utrecht, Netherlands, active since 2019. Their Latin name — meaning 'nowhere' — evokes the placeless, disembodied quality of their atmospheric black metal.
Nuummite is a post-black metal and rock band from Prague, active since 2019. Named after the rare Greenlandic mineral, the project blends post-rock introspection with black metal intensity.
Nuvi is a black metal project from Caltabellotta in Agrigento province, Sicily, active since 2008. They bring black metal from one of the highest and most isolated towns in southwestern Sicily.
Nvlvs is a black/death metal project from Aarhus, Denmark's second city. The project delivers extreme metal from the cultural capital of Jutland.
Nvnfvkker is a raw black metal project from Aachen, formed in 2025. The project brings lo-fi black metal fury to the westernmost major city in Germany.
Nyarlath is a black/death metal band from Angers, France, formed in 2019. Named in reference to Lovecraftian cosmic horror, the band channels otherworldly extremity through their fusion of black and death metal.
Nyarlathotep is a black/thrash metal band from Bijeljina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, active since 2008. Named after the Lovecraftian deity known as the Crawling Chaos, the project channels cosmic horror themes through blackened thrash aggression.
A raw black metal project out of Denver, Colorado, Nybbas traffics in lo-fi abrasion and primitive darkness with the stripped-down aesthetic that defines the genre's underground fringe. Active since 2015, the project leans hard into unpolished, confrontational sound over any production refinement.
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