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Nail is a death metal band from Augsburg, Bavaria, active since 1994. With three decades of activity, the band is one of the longest-running death metal acts in the Swabian region of southern Germany.
Roanoke's Nailcrown fuses black metal's icy ferocity with death metal's blunt force, forging a sound that carries the Appalachian region's sense of isolation into extreme territory. The band has been honing its craft since 2019.
Nailed to Obscurity is a melodic doom/death metal band from Esens on Germany's North Sea coast, with a catalog spanning from 2007's 'Abyss' through 2025's 'Generation of the Void.' The band has achieved festival prominence with appearances at Rock Hard Festival and Sturmflut Festival, establishing them among Germany's premier doom-death acts.
Nailface is a slam/brutal death metal act from the United Kingdom, active since 2009. The band delivers the guttural vocals, slamming breakdowns, and crushing brutality that define the slam death metal style.
Leiden death metal act formed in 2011, playing grotesque horror gore death metal in the vein of Autopsy, Impetigo, and early Death across albums like 'Backyard Butchery' and 'Boned, Boxed and Buried.' Their old-school approach channels late-80s and early-90s horror death/doom, and members later formed Graceless.
Naillung is a black/death metal and crust band from Turku, active since 2019. The band fuses extreme metal with crust punk from Finland's former medieval capital.
Nailstorm was a Sheffield-based death metal and grindcore band described as a grindy metal hardcore act, featuring a five-piece lineup. Their releases including Subcontortion and Live at the Zanzibar captured the raw intensity of Sheffield's underground extreme music scene.
Naizergan is a brutal death metal band from Novosibirsk, Russia, formed in 2024. They bring fresh brutality from Siberia's largest city.
Nakba is a death metal band from Molfetta near Bari, Italy, active since 2020. Their politically charged name — the Arabic term for the Palestinian displacement — accompanies brutal death metal.
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