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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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State Of Unrest (2023)
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Negativa is a black metal project from Alicante on Spain's Costa Blanca, active since 2012. The project channels bleak negativity through black metal from the sunny Mediterranean coast.
Negative Tongue is a black metal project from Munich, formed in 2024. The project contributes to Munich's growing black metal scene with a venomous, contemporary approach.
Negativvm is a black metal project from Bielefeld, active since 2011. The project delivers cold, negative-charged black metal from the heart of East Westphalia.
Negator is a black metal band from Hamburg, active since 2004. Two decades of ferocious black metal from Germany's second-largest city have established them as a fixture of the northern German scene.
Negatron is a black/doom/thrash metal band from Padua, Italy, active since 2020. They merge three heavy genres into a dense, negatively charged sonic force.
Negatum is a black/doom metal band from Freilassing on the Austrian border in Bavaria, active since 2004. Two decades of fusing black metal bleakness with doom's crushing weight from the Salzburg-adjacent border town.
Dutch black metal project formed in 2019, channeling raw darkness and atmospheric intensity from the Netherlands. Their uncompromising approach draws from the genre's most extreme traditions.
Negru Vodă is a black/folk/progressive metal band from Bucharest and Călărași, Romania, active since 2020. Named after a legendary Wallachian ruler, they weave Romanian history into their atmospheric metal.
Negrume is a Portuguese black metal project formed in 2022. Their name — Portuguese for 'darkness' or 'blackness' — distills the essence of their sound.
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