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"Mirror" Mixtape (2022)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Neighborhood in Blood is a brutal death metal band from Vicenza, Italy, active since 2014. Their name evokes suburban horror translated into punishing death metal from the Veneto.
Neka is a brutal death metal band from Foggia in Puglia, Italy, formed in 2023. They bring crushing brutality from the Tavoliere plain of southeastern Italy.
Nemesis Aeterna is a brutal death metal band from Hostalric in Catalonia, active since 1999. Over a quarter century of brutal death metal from the medieval hilltop town make them one of Spain's longest-running extreme acts.
Neoandertals is an avant-garde and brutal death metal band from Otepaa, Estonia, active since 2004. The project's two-decade exploration of experimental brutal death metal makes them one of the most adventurous extreme acts in the Baltic region.
Neoplassis is a Swiss brutal death metal project. The band delivers unrelenting, surgically precise brutal death metal from the heart of the Swiss underground.
Nephren-Ka is a brutal death metal band from Auzon in central France, delivering what fans call the best of French brutal death metal with elaborate conceptual storytelling inspired by Frank Herbert's Dune universe. Their 2021 album From Agony to Transcendence, released on Season of Mist, weaves complex science fiction narratives through relentless death metal.
Odesa brutal death metal act formed in 2013, delivering guttural punishment from Ukraine's Black Sea port city. Their sustained commitment to extremity speaks to death metal's deep roots in the Ukrainian underground.
Kyiv brutal death metal and deathcore act formed in 2017, merging surgical precision with punishing breakdowns from Ukraine's capital. Their technically demanding approach pushes extremity to its limits.
Tacoma, Washington's Neuropsychosis has been delivering brutal death metal's most uncompromising impulses since 2023, operating just south of Seattle in a city with its own distinct, hard-edged musical character. Their approach favors density and speed over everything else.
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