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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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Nichts is a black metal and experimental project from Duisburg in the Ruhr Valley, active since 2012. The project's name meaning 'nothing' reflects an existentialist approach to experimental black metal from the industrial Rhine port.
Nichtung is a black metal project from Froschhausen in Hessen, formed in 2024. The project's name referencing nihilation and negation signals a philosophically charged approach to black metal.
Nickkolaus is a black metal project from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia, formed in 2023. They emerge from the remote Kamchatka Peninsula, one of the most isolated locations in the Russian metal scene.
Wrocław black metal project formed in 2023, whose Polish name translates to 'Nothingness,' channeling existential bleakness from Lower Silesia's capital. Their atmospheric darkness matches their nihilistic thematic vision.
Nictomorfo is a black metal project from London, UK, active since 2018. The band delivers raw black metal from the sprawling metropolis of the British capital.
Nidafjällen is a raw black metal project from Sweden, formed in 2023. The project channels primitive, lo-fi black metal inspired by the harsh Scandinavian wilderness.
Nidahl is a black metal project from St. Ingbert in the Saarland, active since 2014. The project delivers black metal from the forested hills near the French border.
Nidare is a post-black metal project from Berlin, active since 2019. The project pushes black metal into atmospheric, post-genre territory from the German capital.
Katowice black metal act formed in 2018, channeling atmospheric darkness from the capital of the Silesian metropolis. Their sustained presence speaks to the genre's deep roots in Poland's industrial heartland.
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