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Nebrus is a black/doom metal band from Massa in Tuscany, Italy, active since 2009. They merge the atmospheric weight of doom with black metal's intensity from the foot of the Apuan Alps.
Nebula is a black/doom metal band from Šilutė, Lithuania, active since 2009. They craft dark, expansive compositions from this small town in the Klaipėda County near the Baltic coast.
Turkish sludge/doom metal act formed in 2011, delivering crushing heaviness through oppressive sonic weight. Their slow-burning approach channels the genre's most suffocating traditions.
Necrocock is a Prague-based project led by composer Tom Necrocock, whose prolific output has evolved from black/doom metal origins through atmospheric doom into experimental and post-rock territory since 1996. Working from Gummi Studio Y near Prague's center, his catalog spans film soundtracks, atmospheric compositions, and genre-defying works like the 'Jan Zizka z Trocnova' original soundtrack.
Necrocomium is a melodic death/doom metal band from Kotka, active since 2017. The band blends melodic death and doom metal from the coastal industrial city of southeastern Finland.
Necrolatria deal in the slow, suffocating territory where death metal meets doom, wringing funeral weight out of every riff. Their 2020 full-length Ultimate Prevail of Darkness stands as their most substantial statement, a sprawling effort built around crushing tempos and morbid atmosphere.
Necromanicider were a death/doom metal band from Rio de Janeiro active across the 1990s and 2000s under various names, including an early incarnation as Geração Eleita before settling on the Necromanicider moniker. Unusual for the genre, they grounded their dark, plodding sound in Christian themes, positioning themselves as a counter-voice to the Satanic orthodoxy that dominated Brazilian extreme metal at the time.
Necromantic Lights is a funeral doom metal project from Hyvinkaa, active since 2016. The project crafts glacially paced funeral doom from the southern Finnish town.
Necronomicunt is a doom metal and d-beat band from Bristol, UK, formed in 2025. The band fuses the crushing weight of doom metal with the driving punk energy of d-beat.
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