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Let You Go (2024)
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The Bestiary (2025)
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Halo (2017)
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N.I.S. is a crossover thrash band from Rho near Milan, Italy, formed in 2025. They bring high-energy punk-thrash crossover from the Milanese hinterland.
Nailbreaker is a crossover thrash band from Moscow, Russia, active since 2018. They break through with high-energy thrash-punk fury from the Russian capital.
Nailcross is a groove metal and crossover thrash band from Linz, Austria, active since 2018. The band brings a hard-hitting fusion of mosh-ready riffs and punk-infused aggression to the Austrian metal scene.
National Disaster is a thrash metal and crossover band from Lower Saxony, active since 2006. Nearly two decades of moshing fury have made the band a fixture in the northern German thrash and crossover scene.
Olympia, Washington's Necrobeast have been crossbreeding classic heavy metal with thrash's crossover aggression since 2006, bringing a punk-adjacent swagger to the Pacific Northwest underground. Two decades of operation have made them scene fixtures in the state capital.
Born on Long Island in 2018, Necropolis carves through crossover thrash and progressive metal territory with the unruly energy of classic hardcore and the technical ambition of modern thrash. Their sound mashes pit-ready riffs against shifting time signatures in a way that refuses easy genre placement.
Nefasturris is a thrash metal and crossover band from Yorkshire, UK. Their sound blends the speed and aggression of thrash with crossover punk energy from the north of England.
Stockholm heavy/thrash metal and crossover act formed in 2015, fusing classic metal power with aggressive speed and punk energy. Their multi-genre approach channels the confrontational spirit of the crossover tradition.
Nerve Agent is a thrash metal and crossover band from Birmingham, UK, formed in 2024. The band blends thrash metal speed with crossover punk energy from the Midlands.
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