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Nocturnal Chalice is a black metal band from Glasgow, Scotland, active since 2016. The band delivers raw black metal darkness from Scotland's largest city.
A brand-new black metal entity out of Oklahoma, Nocturnal Corruptor arrived in 2026 with an intent to corrupt and defile that's embedded right in the name. Oklahoma's underground metal scene is small but quietly determined, and this project slots into that tradition with a focus on orthodox black metal hostility. Still in their earliest stages, the band represents a fresh eruption of darkness from the southern plains.
Death/black metal act from Peristeri in the greater Athens area, active since 2012 and merging the guttural weight of death metal with black metal's atmospheric intensity. Their fusion approach channels the most aggressive tendencies of both genres.
Nocturnal Degrade is a depressive black metal project from Rome, Italy, active since 2010. They channel existential despair through the bleakest shades of black metal.
Nocturnal Delirium is a raw black metal act from Isla de Maipo, Santiago, originally operating as Delirio Nocturno from 2007 before adopting the current name. The band is signed to Ukrainian underground label Depressive Illusions Records, through which it released the demo Abyss I and the split album Memories with Askaroth in 2016, with lyrical themes centered on darkness, paganism, loneliness, and hate.
Nocturnal Depression is an atmospheric/depressive black metal band from Grenoble, France, formed by H. Suizid and Lord Lokhraed, representing a unique style mixing black metal with doom, heavy, and dark metal. With a substantial discography including Spleen Black Metal, Tides of Despair, and Deathcade, they have become one of France's most recognized depressive black metal acts.
Nocturnal Devastation is a black metal project from Porto, Portugal, formed in 2024. They bring nighttime destruction to the northern Portuguese metal scene.
Nocturnal Eclipse is a black metal project from Gdańsk, Poland, active since 2019. They cast shadows across the Pomeranian metal scene from this Baltic port city.
Nocturnal Escape is a progressive black/death metal band from Augsburg, active since 2015. The band fuses progressive ambition with extreme metal intensity from the Swabian city on the Lech River.
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