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Für Kaiser, Volk und Vaterland! / Stoßtrupp 1917 (2018)
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Extreme Power Metal (2019)
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rosemary (2023)
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Nhaavah is a black metal band from Zatec in northwestern Bohemia, active since 2012. The band delivers cold, unforgiving black metal from the hop-growing capital of the Czech Republic.
NHND is a Munich-based project that evolved from drone/doom metal origins into black metal since 2025. The project's abbreviated identity matches their enigmatic approach to extreme metal.
Nhor is an ambient/folk and atmospheric black/doom metal project from Herefordshire, UK, active since 2013. The project blends ambient folk textures with atmospheric black metal and doom, creating music inspired by the rural English countryside.
NHSH is a black metal project from Giessen in Hessen, active since 2012. The project delivers cold, abbreviated black metal from the university town on the Lahn River.
Nibelung is a symphonic black metal band from Compiègne, France, active since 2005. Their music combines the grandeur of symphonic arrangements with the ferocity of black metal, drawing on the mythological resonances of their name.
Nibiru is a black metal band from Nuremberg, active since 2013. Named after the hypothetical planet of ancient Sumerian cosmology, the band channels cosmic themes through black metal from the Franconian capital.
Nibirus is a French metal band from the Hazebrouck/Lille area, active since 2013, whose sound has evolved from black/death metal origins into melodic death metal territory. Their stylistic journey reflects an ambitious approach to extreme metal from northern France.
Conjuring cold, dissonant black metal from the shadows since 2011, Niburu trades in malevolent atmosphere and unrelenting aggression. Their sound channels the void with raw, unapologetic ferocity.
Vinnytsia depressive black metal project formed in 2023, whose ironically cheerful name contrasts with the bleakest sonic landscapes of despair. Their approach mines the most emotionally desolate corners of the genre.
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