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Necro Chaos is a death metal band from Porto, Portugal, active since 2020. They channel chaotic brutality from Portugal's northern capital.
Necroart is a melodic death metal band from Cava Manara near Pavia, Italy, active since 2005. Two decades of activity have honed their blend of melody and aggression.
Maryland's Necroassault 666 operate in the uncompromising blackened death metal tradition with no interest in subtlety, arriving in 2024 with a name that announces intent clearly. Their sound is raw, blasphemous, and deliberately unpolished.
Necrobass is a brutal death metal and grindcore band from Moscow, Russia, active since 1993. With over three decades of history, they are among the pioneer extreme metal acts of the Russian capital.
Cleveland's Necrobiome arrived in 2024 bringing death metal with a biological horror concept to a city with deep roots in the genre's American development. Their putrid, groove-laden approach fits naturally alongside the Rust Belt's long extreme metal tradition.
Necroblaspheme is a Parisian death metal band whose sound has evolved from straightforward death metal origins into atmospheric death/black metal territory. Their 2015 album Belleville, recorded at Studio Sainte Marthe by Francis Caste, showcases ten tracks of dynamic, genre-spanning extreme metal.
Necroblasphemy is a death metal band from Saarbrucken, the capital of the Saarland, active since 2019. The band brings blasphemous death metal to the Franco-German border region.
Necroblation is a death metal and grindcore band from Lausanne, Switzerland, active since 2013. The band pairs death metal heaviness with grindcore velocity from the shores of Lake Geneva.
Necroblood is a black/death metal act from Paris, France, with roots stretching back to 2002. As veterans of the Parisian extreme metal underground, they deliver a savage blend of black and death metal refined over two decades.
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