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Melodic death metal and metalcore act from Castellanza near Varese, formed in 2013 and blending Scandinavian-influenced melodicism with modern breakdowns. Their dual approach draws from both traditions.
Nightwolf is a death/black/thrash metal band from Altenberg near Dresden in Saxony, active since 2020. The band fuses three strains of extreme metal from the Ore Mountains.
Milwaukee's Nightworld weaves together black metal, death-doom, and pure death metal into a dense, suffocating sound that has been evolving since 2018. The band's willingness to merge styles — from blasting extremity to crushing, slow-burn doom — gives their music a restless, genre-defying quality that reflects the rich and eclectic metal tradition of the Upper Midwest.
Nigmar is a death/melodic death/thrash metal band originally from Zagreb, later based in Sinj, Croatia, active since 2022. They traverse multiple extreme metal styles with versatile aggression.
Nigrae Lunam is a doom/death duo composed of vocalist Paulo Brasil and multi-instrumentalist Kastiphas, whose music explores occult feminine mythology — particularly the figure of Lilith — through slow, suffocating riffs and bleak atmospherics. Their 2020 debut album "Lilith Regnator Est" was recognized by metal press as one of the standout Brazilian extreme metal releases of that year.
Nigromancer is a Spanish black/death metal project active since 2017. The project channels dark sorcery through a fusion of black and death metal.
Nigromancia is a death/thrash metal band from Paine, south of Santiago, formed in 2019 by members performing under names including Black Caracalla, Yllaw Vomit, Rotten Serpent, and Dismember. Drawing from occultism and old-school death metal traditions, the band released the EP Hidden Rituals through Burning Coffin Records in 2021, followed by the full-length Vortex of Existence in 2023, both rooted in a sound likened to Pestilence, Entombed, and Excoriate.
Lignum Mortis is a one-man black and doom metal project from Valdivia, in southern Chile, that merges sounds drawn from death metal, black metal, and dark ambient to create densely layered sonic landscapes. The project's self-titled debut was released in 2015 as a limited CD-R run of 30 copies before being made available digitally, followed by Vacuum Inferno in 2022 and Lignum Mortis II in December 2025. All music, recording, mixing, mastering, and artwork are handled entirely by the sole member.
Nigurah blend the groove-heavy stomp of mid-era Sepultura with thrash and death metal aggression, arriving from the same Rio Grande do Sul scene that has long punched above its weight in Brazilian extreme metal. The quartet — Rafael Prado on vocals, Fernando Cezar Jr on guitar, Felipe Ribeiro on bass, and Luke Santos on drums — released their debut EP "Incendiar" in October 2020.
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