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Necroknight is a death metal band from Munster, North Rhine-Westphalia, active since 2021. The band adds to Munster's unexpectedly rich extreme metal output with heavy-hitting death metal.
Necrokult of Kronos is a black/death metal band from Albufeira in the Algarve, Portugal, active since 2003. Over two decades, they have maintained a cult following from Portugal's southern tourist coast.
Necrolepsy is a death metal band from Tampere, active since 2017. The band delivers infectious death metal from Finland's inland industrial city.
Necrolord is a death metal band from Eichenau near Munich, active since 2002. Over two decades, the project has maintained a consistent death metal output from the Munich metropolitan area.
Necrológio is a three-piece death metal band — vocalist Mike Douglas, multi-instrumentalist C. Nunes, and drummer Marcelo Pettinatti — whose debut album Morte (2022) was tracked partly live at Dakota Studio in Santos and completed at a home studio. The record moves through eight tracks of blunt, unornamented death metal with a raw, rehearsal-room directness that suits the band's name, which translates simply as obituary.
Kharkiv death metal act formed in 2019, delivering brutal extremity from Ukraine's second-largest city. Members have participated in projects like Elderblood and GreyAblaze, connecting Necrom to the broader network of Ukrainian extreme metal.
Mean Groove / Nu-Metal from Dallas.
Necromancia is a death metal band from Limoges, France, formed in 2021. The band brings aggressive death metal to the Limousin region's growing extreme metal scene.
Necromancy from Vila Velha play a savage blend of black and death metal that leans heavily on speed and menace, releasing a steady stream of material since their 2019 debut Feathers Fall to Flames. Savage Genocide (2020) and the self-titled full-length (2022) further defined their approach — raw, uncompromising underground metal with no concessions to accessibility.
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