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NekroDrako is an industrial death/black metal project from Manchester, UK, formed in 2020. The project fuses mechanized industrial textures with the extremity of death and black metal.
Nekrofilet is a death metal band from Berlin, active since 2009. The band delivers unrelenting death metal from the German capital's underground.
Portland's Nekrofilth has been running death metal through a hardcore punk shredder since 2009, producing a filthy, speed-addicted hybrid that traces its DNA to early Repulsion and D.R.I. simultaneously. Their name is a mission statement and a warning.
Zagreb death/groove metal act formed in 2019, blending death metal's guttural extremity with groove metal's rhythmic punch. Their dual approach creates a sound that satisfies both headbanging and mosh-pit impulses.
Nekrokraft is a black/death/thrash metal band from Linköping, Sweden, active since 2012. The band delivers a ferocious three-pronged extreme metal assault combining black, death, and thrash traditions.
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.
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