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Piles of Festering Decomposition (2020)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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The Anthropocene Extinction (2015)
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One Day Closer to the End of the World (2019)
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Naevus is a doom metal band from Bietigheim-Bissingen in Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, active since 1999. With over a quarter century of crushing doom, the band is one of the most enduring doom metal acts in southwestern Germany.
Naga is a doom/sludge metal band from Naples, Italy, active since 2013. Named after the serpentine deities of Hindu-Buddhist mythology, they coil around massive, crushing riffs.
Nagaarum is an experimental black/doom metal band from Veszprém, Hungary, active since 2011. They explore unconventional sonic territory from this city overlooking Lake Balaton.
Nagirčalmmiid is a doom/stoner metal band from Trondheim, Norway, active since 2020. Their Sámi-language name reflects indigenous northern Scandinavian heritage rarely represented in metal.
Out of Tallahassee's humid darkness, Nahemoth marries atmospheric black metal's vast skylines to doom metal's crushing weight, building soundscapes where heat and hopelessness converge. Active since 2018, the project is one of Florida's more spiritually corrosive acts.
Nahrayan is a sludge/death/doom metal band from Elche in southeastern Spain, active since 2002. Over two decades of crushing doom from the city of palm groves make them one of the longest-running extreme acts in the Valencia region.
Nailed to Obscurity is a melodic doom/death metal band from Esens on Germany's North Sea coast, with a catalog spanning from 2007's 'Abyss' through 2025's 'Generation of the Void.' The band has achieved festival prominence with appearances at Rock Hard Festival and Sturmflut Festival, establishing them among Germany's premier doom-death acts.
Naked Star is a doom metal band from Wurzburg, Germany, active since 2016. The band delivers heavy, riff-driven doom metal from the wine-growing capital of Franconia.
Nameless One is a doom/gothic/power metal band from Belgrade, Serbia. They blend dark romantic atmospherics with melodic power metal from the Serbian capital.
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