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Piles of Festering Decomposition (2020)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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When Everything Means Nothing (Cinematic) (2021)
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The Anthropocene Extinction (2015)
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Nietzu is an atmospheric/post-black metal project from England, active since 2019. The project crafts expansive, atmospheric soundscapes that blend post-metal's sonic breadth with black metal's intensity.
Niezgal is a black metal band from Minsk, Belarus, active since 2011. The project's Belarusian-language name contributes to a strain of culturally rooted black metal from the Belarusian capital.
Niflungar is a black metal project from Novi Sad, Serbia, active since 2020. Named after the Nibelungs of Germanic legend, they bring mythological darkness from the Vojvodina capital.
Nifrost is a folk/viking/black metal band from Jølster, Norway, active since 2016. They draw on Norse pagan heritage from the fjord landscapes of western Norway.
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.
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