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Neocosmic is a death/black metal project from Bamberg in Upper Franconia. The project explores cosmic themes through the lens of extreme metal from the medieval Bavarian city.
Neokhrome is a black/death metal band from Debrecen, Hungary, active since 2017. They combine extreme metal ferocity with a modernized sonic palette.
Act from the Subcarpathian region that evolved from doom/death metal origins into a death/black metal direction, reflecting a creative trajectory that moved toward greater extremity. Their stylistic shift demonstrates the pull of aggression beyond doom's measured pace.
Neon Daemon is a melodic death metal band from Kuopio in eastern Finland, active since 2019. The band delivers luminous melodeath from the lakeside city of the Savo region.
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Neophobic is a melodic death metal band from Bremen, active since 2022. The band delivers Scandinavian-influenced melodic death metal from the Hanseatic port city in northwestern Germany.
Neophyte is a death metal band from Wakefield, UK, formed in 2018. The band contributes raw death metal to West Yorkshire's extreme music underground.
Ottersum death/doom metal act formed in 2019, merging death metal's guttural intensity with doom's crushing weight from rural Limburg. Their fusion approach channels the heaviest traditions of both genres.
Neoplasma is a death/progressive metal band from Os, Norway, active since 2013. They bring technically ambitious extreme metal from this Bjørnafjorden municipality south of Bergen.
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