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Nyctophobic is a death metal and grindcore band from Mannheim, one of the oldest extreme acts in the Rhine-Neckar area with origins back to 1994. Three decades of grinding death metal make them a veteran presence.
Nygmalion is a melodic death metal band from Budapest, Hungary, active since 2020. Their name riffs on the Pygmalion myth, suggesting the sculpting of something beautiful from harsh material.
Nyhill is a melodic death/post-black metal band from Sarreguemines, France, formed in 2021. Their sound bridges melodic death metal's precision with the atmospheric sweep of post-black metal from the Franco-German border region.
Nyia is a death/progressive metal band from Olsztyn, Poland, formed in 2023. Named after the Slavic goddess of the underworld, they bridge ancient mythology with technical metal.
Nykteria is a brutal death metal band from Jyväskylä, Finland, delivering crushing riffs, guttural vocals, and earth-shaking low-end frequencies. Their Wandering Madness demo EP, recorded at Tonehaven Studio, showcases a five-piece lineup committed to unrelenting Finnish death metal brutality.
Nyktophobia is a melodic death metal band from Datteln in the Ruhr area, active since 2017. The band delivers Gothenburg-style melodeath from the coal country of North Rhine-Westphalia.
A black/death metal outfit from Morris, Illinois, Nyktos fuse the blasting, chromatic menace of death metal with black metal's atmospheric hostility in a project that emerged in 2021. The combination draws from both genres' traditions without settling into either camp cleanly.
Nylis is a death/thrash metal band from Chesterfield, UK, formed in 2021. Their sound combines death metal brutality with thrash metal velocity from the Derbyshire town.
Nylum is a death/metalcore/thrash metal band from Ravenna, Italy, active since 2015. They combine multiple aggressive styles from this Byzantine mosaic city in Emilia-Romagna.
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