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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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State Of Unrest (2023)
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Nefilim is an industrial gothic/thrash metal band from Stevenage, UK, formed in 2010. Their sound merges industrial textures and gothic atmospheres with thrash metal aggression.
Neith is a death/gothic metal band from Genoa, Italy, formed in 2024. Named after the Egyptian goddess of war and weaving, they intertwine dark beauty with aggression.
Nekromantas is a black/gothic/symphonic metal band from Messina, Sicily, active since 2023. They weave orchestral darkness from the city at the tip of the Sicilian peninsula.
Nemain is a gothic/black metal and darkwave band from Darlington, UK, formed in 2016. Named after the Irish goddess of war, their sound blends the darkness of black metal with gothic and darkwave atmospheres.
Nereïde is a gothic metal band from Reims, France, formed in 2017. The band channels the dark elegance and emotional depth of gothic metal from the historic champagne city.
Nessun Dorma is a gothic metal band from Seville, active since 2010. Named after the iconic Puccini aria meaning 'none shall sleep,' the band delivers operatic gothic metal from the Andalusian capital.
Neurasthenie is a death/black metal band with gothic influences from Limoges, France, formed in 2025. Their sound merges the aggression of death and black metal with the dark elegance of gothic undertones.
Nevergreen is a gothic metal and rock band from the Helsinki-Lohja area, active since 1993. Over three decades of gothic metal make them one of Finland's longest-running dark metal acts.
Nezgaroth is a doom/gothic metal band from Karlstad, Sweden, active since 1999. One of the longest-running doom/gothic metal acts from the Värmland region, the band has maintained over a quarter century of dark, melancholic metal.
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