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Niroth is a black metal band from Letchworth Garden City, UK, active since 2002. As one of the longer-running black metal projects in the English home counties, they have spent over two decades crafting their art.
Nirrti is a psychedelic black metal project from Orlova in the Czech Republic's Silesian region, active since 2022. Named after the Vedic goddess of destruction, the project merges hallucinogenic atmospheres with black metal from the coal-country border region.
Nishkk is a blackened death metal project from Valdepenas in Castile-La Mancha, formed in 2025. The project brings extreme metal to the wine-producing heartland of central Spain.
Nithe is a black/death/thrash metal band from Kristiansand, Norway, formed in 2021. They deliver triple-genre aggression from southern Norway's Sørlandet coast.
Nitheful is a black metal project from Sweden, formed in 2020. The project delivers dark, hostile black metal within the rich tradition of Scandinavian extreme music.
Nitrist is a raw black metal project from Stavanger, Norway, with roots stretching back to 1991. As one of the earliest acts in the Norwegian black metal movement, they hold a pioneering underground position.
Niu de Corbs is a black metal project from Lleida in Catalonia, active since 2018. The project's Catalan name meaning 'nest of crows' channels regional identity through black metal from western Catalonia.
Nivatakavachas is a black/death/doom metal project from Lausanne, Switzerland, whose 2021 debut 'Ascraedunum' spans three tracks over thirty-four minutes of suffocating atmospheric extremity. Named after the demon warriors of Hindu mythology, the project blends brutal and old-school death metal with doom and black metal elements.
Niwmonia is a black/heavy metal band from Nuremberg, active since 2020. The band fuses traditional heavy metal hooks with black metal intensity from the Franconian capital.
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