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Necronium is a death metal and death 'n' roll band from Barcelona, active since 2022. The band fuses old-school death metal with groove-laden death 'n' roll from the Catalan capital.
Eindhoven/Veldhoven death metal outfit formed in 2010, delivering old-school brutality from the Brainpower region of North Brabant. Their sustained output channels the classic death metal tradition.
Necronomium is a death metal band from Kotka, active since 2017. Named after a Lovecraftian variant, the band channels cosmic horror through death metal from southeastern Finland.
Örebro death metal and grindcore act formed in 2021, delivering rapid-fire extremity from central Sweden. Their grinding assault follows in the tradition of Örebro's legendary grindcore heritage.
Necrop is a technical death metal band from Ski, Norway, active since 2016. They deliver precision-engineered brutality from this Viken municipality south of Oslo.
Necropath is a death metal band from Athens, Greece, formed in 2021. The band contributes to the Athenian extreme metal underground with relentless death metal.
Necrophagia was formed in Wellsville, Ohio in 1983 by Frank "Killjoy" Pucci, making them one of the earliest death metal bands in the United States alongside Possessed and Death. Their debut album Season of the Dead (1987) documented a raw, horror-obsessed approach to extreme metal that earned the band a devoted following in the underground tape-trading scene. The band was revived in 1997 with Phil Anselmo of Pantera contributing under the pseudonym Anton Crowley, and continued releasing material until Killjoy's death in 2018; a posthumous final album, Moribundis Grim, appeared in 2024.
Necrophagist is a legendary technical death metal band from Karlsruhe, founded in 1992 by Muhammed Suicmez and signed to Relapse Records. Their albums 'Onset of Putrefaction' and 'Epitaph' redefined technical death metal with head-spinning musicianship and elaborate arrangements that set new standards for the genre.
Necrophagus is a death/thrash metal band from Oristano, Sardinia, Italy, active since 2004. They bring two decades of flesh-eating extremity from this ancient Sardinian city.
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