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Ich hatt einen Kameraden (2016)
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Necromanteum (2023)
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State Of Unrest (2023)
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Athens-based death/thrash metal act formed in 2025, representing the newest wave of extreme metal emerging from the Greek capital. Their fusion of death metal heaviness with thrash velocity carries forward a tradition deeply rooted in the Hellenic scene.
Nekromatics is a black/death/symphonic metal band from Almada across the Tagus from Lisbon, formed in 2025. They combine multiple extreme metal elements with orchestral ambition.
Knurów death/thrash metal act formed in 2018, delivering aggressive riffing from the Silesian industrial town. Their dual-genre assault channels both death metal brutality and thrash velocity.
Nekrommander is a one-person black/death metal project helmed by Ghul, whose 2023 EP "Vomiting in Heaven" was years in the making — drums tracked in 2019, the rest completed through 2023. The five-track release blends crunchy old-school death metal with thrash sharpness and hardcore-inflected groove, with session drums contributed by Douglas Batista.
Nekron is a blackened death metal band from Nuremberg, active since 2013. The band delivers scorching blackened death from Franconia's medieval fortress city.
Nekropolis is a death/black metal band from Spiez in the Bernese Oberland region of Switzerland, active since 2013. The band brings extreme metal ferocity to a picturesque lakeside town in the Swiss Alps.
Nekropsalms is a death metal act from Betim signed to Headbanger's Behavior, dealing in themes of anti-Christianity, occultism, and apocalyptic violence. The band emerged in 2023 and operates squarely within the old-school Brazilian death metal tradition.
Nekropulse is a black/death metal project from Bavaria, active since 2018. The project delivers pulsating extremity through a fusion of black and death metal from Germany's largest state.
Nekrosity is a death metal band from Uddevalla, Sweden, active since 2013. The band delivers punishing death metal from the Bohuslän coast of western Sweden.
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