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Nex is a death metal band from Pisa, Italy, active since 2019. Their name — Latin for 'violent death' — encapsulates the lethal efficiency of their sound.
Nexilva is a progressive death metal and deathcore band from Sunderland, UK, formed in 2018. Their sound merges the technical complexity of progressive death metal with the breakdown-heavy aggression of deathcore.
Nexorum is a black/death metal band from Trondheim, Norway, active since 2019. They contribute to the rich extreme metal tradition of Norway's third-largest city.
Nexphorus is a death/black metal project from the Saarland, active since 2021. The project merges death and black metal from the Franco-German border region of southwestern Germany.
Taranto death metal project launched in 2026, representing the newest wave of extreme metal from Puglia's industrial port city. Their brutal approach channels death metal's most punishing traditions.
Next in Line is a melodic death metal band from Kotka, active since 2019. The band delivers Scandinavian melodeath from the southeastern Finnish coast.
Blackened death metal supergroup uniting members of Nyogthaeblisz and Hellvetron under the Ordo Satanae Imperium banner. Debut on Hells Headbangers.
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