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The Blind Leading The Blind (2019)
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Blood Eagle (2017)
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Architects Of A New Weave (Deluxe Album) (2026)
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Nigdar is a black metal project from Zagreb, Croatia, formed in 2026. Their name — meaning 'never' in Croatian dialect — adds a fatalistic dimension to their black metal.
Night Abyss is a melodic black/death metal band from Orekhovo-Zuyevo in the Moscow Oblast, active since 2018. They peer into the void with melodic extremity.
Night Crowned is a melodic black/death metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden, formed in 2018. Their albums 'Tales,' 'Hädanfärd,' and 'Impius Viam' showcase dark, atmospheric metal that draws from the Gothenburg melodic tradition while embracing black metal intensity.
A long-running black metal act whose roots trace back to the late 1990s, Night Eternal orbit themes of depression, darkness, war, and history with a grim conviction. The duo of Ed Carlos Bezerra on vocals and Edmilson Bezerra on guitar and bass have kept the band's output tight and underground, with appearances on the Times of War tribute compilations connecting them to the wider Brazilian black metal network.
Night Fighter is a black/speed metal band from Glasgow, Scotland, formed in 2019. Their sound merges the velocity of speed metal with black metal's darkness from Scotland's largest city.
Portland's Night Heir bend and fracture black metal into something restless and unpredictable, injecting experimental impulses that corrode the genre's familiar shapes from within. Over a decade of quietly transgressive work.
Bratislava black/thrash metal act formed in 2022, fusing atmospheric intensity with thrash velocity from Slovakia's capital. Their crossover approach channels the raw energy of both traditions.
Night on Earth is a black/thrash metal outfit from Turku, Finland, active since 2011. The band fuses the raw aggression of thrash with the atmospheric darkness of black metal in the Finnish underground tradition.
North Carolina's Night Quill writes black metal with an introspective, almost literary quality — corrosive but deliberate, like something scratched out in the dark by candlelight. Atmospheric and uncompromising in equal measure.
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