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Sunset on the Golden Age (2017)
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Nexion is a black metal band from Paisley, Scotland, active since 2017. The band channels black metal darkness from the west of Scotland.
Nexorum is a black/death metal band from Trondheim, Norway, active since 2019. They contribute to the rich extreme metal tradition of Norway's third-largest city.
Nexphorus is a death/black metal project from the Saarland, active since 2021. The project merges death and black metal from the Franco-German border region of southwestern Germany.
Nexrist is a black metal project from Tula, Russia, active since 2012. They forge antichristian darkness from this historic Russian city south of Moscow.
Palermo industrial rock/metal act with black metal elements, formed in 2018 and fusing mechanical rhythms with extreme metal intensity from Sicily's capital. Their hybrid approach bridges industrial's cold precision with black metal's primal fury.
Blackened death metal supergroup uniting members of Nyogthaeblisz and Hellvetron under the Ordo Satanae Imperium banner. Debut on Hells Headbangers.
Nexus 6 is a band from Albacete that has undergone dramatic evolution since 2008, shifting from neoclassical ambient through technical black metal to progressive metal and rock. Named after the replicant model from Blade Runner, the project's restless reinvention mirrors the film's exploration of identity.
Black metal project from Athens formed in 2021, adding to the Greek capital's ever-growing roster of extreme metal. Their dark vision channels the intensity and atmospheric menace of modern black metal.
Nezach is a black metal project from Trier in the Rhineland-Palatinate, active since 2015. Named after the Kabbalistic sephirah representing eternity and victory, the project channels esoteric themes through black metal from Germany's oldest city.
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