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Necromanteum (2023)
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State Of Unrest (2023)
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Out of Los Angeles, Nick Colonna delivers blunt-force death metal with a no-frills brutality that matches the project's Bandcamp handle. Pure, punishing old-school carnage forged under the California sun.
Nidhoeggr is a folk/death metal band from Thun, Switzerland, active since 2019, with releases including the 'Onwards' EP and 'Desolation.' Named after the Norse serpent that gnaws at the roots of Yggdrasil, the band fuses folk melodies with death metal heaviness from the Bernese Oberland.
Nidhög is a melodic black/death metal band from Ålesund, Norway, formed in 2025. Named after the dragon that gnaws at the roots of Yggdrasil, they bring mythological ferocity from Norway's art nouveau coastal city.
Nidingr is a black/death metal band from Borre, Norway, active since 2018. Named after the Old Norse term for a dishonorable person, they channel ancient Scandinavian themes.
Nidiser is a melodic black/death metal project from Ostrobothnia, Finland, describing their sound as Finnswedish melodic black death metal. Their music draws thematic inspiration from nature, freedom, and the land of their bilingual Ostrobothnian homeland.
Nidorous is a brutal death metal band from Prague, active since 2020. The project's name meaning 'resembling the smell of burning fat' aptly describes their visceral approach to brutal death metal.
Nidverk is a black/death metal band from Gällivare, Sweden, formed in 2023. The band brings extreme metal from Swedish Lapland, one of the most remote and northerly metal scenes in Europe.
Niebelungen is a technical death metal band from Angers, France, formed in 2012. Their music delivers the complex rhythms, intricate riffing, and precision that define technical death metal.
Polish death/doom metal project formed in 2014, whose name means 'Muteness' in Polish, channeling mournful heaviness through wordless sonic weight. Their evocative name matches a sound built on crushing, voiceless despair.
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