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Nathicana is a death/black metal band from London, UK, whose 2014 self-titled debut was produced at Skyhammer Studio and released through Black Bow Records. Their six tracks deliver aggressive black and death metal with titles reflecting themes of violence, darkness, and supernatural menace.
Natron is a technical death metal band from Bari, Italy, active since 2013. Named after the ancient Egyptian embalming salt, they deliver precision-engineered brutality from Puglia.
Natt is a melodic death/doom metal band from Kristiansand, Norway, active since 2007. Their name — Norwegian for 'night' — sets the nocturnal tone for their sorrowful compositions.
Nattaravnur is a melodic death metal band from Berlin, active since 2010. The project's Faroese-inspired name adds a Nordic dimension to their Berlin-based melodic death metal.
Växjö death/thrash metal act launched in 2024, delivering aggressive riffing from the heart of Småland. Their dual-genre assault channels both death metal brutality and thrash velocity.
Little Rock's Natural Ability hits hard with death-thrash that trades on aggression over technicality, a young act formed in 2022 that's wasted no time getting to the point. Arkansas's small but fierce extreme metal scene gains another sharp-edged entry.
Zagreb brutal death metal and grindcore outfit formed in 2014, delivering rapid-fire extremity from Croatia's capital. Their relentless sonic assault combines death metal's brutality with grindcore's blistering velocity.
Naturectomy is a slam and brutal death metal band from the Basque Country, formed in 2023. The project brings punishing slam brutality to the Basque extreme metal underground.
Nauar is a black/death metal band from Pau, France, formed in 2018. Their music fuses the atmospheric darkness of black metal with the aggression of death metal in the tradition of the French extreme metal underground.
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