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Northern Genocide is an industrial melodic death metal band from Lahti, Finland, releasing material through Inverse Records since their 2019 debut Genesis, vol. 666. Their catalog, including Harbingers of Genocide and The Point of No Return, blends mechanized industrial textures with the melodic aggression of Finnish death metal.
Northern Plague is a black/death metal band from Białystok, Poland, active since 2011. They bring pestilent extremity from northeastern Poland near the Belarusian border.
Northern Spirit is a melodic death/power metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden, formed in 2024. The band merges melodic death metal intensity with power metal hooks from the birthplace of the Gothenburg sound.
Northland is a folk and melodic death metal band from Barcelona, active since 2010. The band weaves epic folk narratives into melodic death metal from the vibrant Catalan capital.
Northsphere is a melodic death metal band from Soltau in the Luneburg Heath of Lower Saxony, active since 2022. The band delivers cold, northern melodic death metal from the rural heartland between Hamburg and Hanover.
NorthZyklon is a melodic black/death metal band from Voronezh, Russia, active since 2017. Their cyclonic name drives the whirlwind intensity of their extreme metal.
Nortron is a death metal band from Nowy Targ, Poland, active since 2019. They bring brutality from this Podhale market town at the foot of the Tatra Mountains.
Nosphares is a doom/death metal band from Morville-sur-Nied in eastern France. Their sound merges the slow, crushing weight of doom with death metal's aggressive edge.
Nospheratu is a death metal and grindcore project from Osterwieck in the Harz region, formed in 2025. The project brings vampiric extremity to the foothills of Germany's mythical mountain range.
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