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Slave to the Scalpel (2021)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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State Of Unrest (2023)
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Njangilimah is a gothic metal band from Schwenningen in Baden-Wurttemberg, active since 2013. The band crafts dark, atmospheric gothic metal from the twin city at the source of the Neckar River.
No Grace is a band from Elmshorn near Hamburg that shifted from progressive metalcore to progressive gothic rock since 2022. The project's evolution reflects an adventurous creative spirit from the Pinneberg district of Schleswig-Holstein.
No Return is a melodic death and gothic metal band from Prague, active since 2002. With over two decades of output, the band has woven dark romanticism and melodic death metal into a signature Prague sound.
Parma gothic metal act formed in 2021, channeling dark romance and melancholic grandeur from Emilia-Romagna's cultural heart. Their atmospheric sound explores the emotional depths of the gothic metal tradition.
Nocturnal Abbey is a doom/gothic metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden, formed in 2023. The band merges doom metal's crushing weight with gothic metal's dark elegance from Sweden's western coast.
Nocturnity is a symphonic gothic/black metal band from Sweden, active since 1999. One of the longer-running acts in Swedish gothic-tinged extreme metal, the band blends symphonic grandeur with black metal intensity.
Nodens is a symphonic and gothic metal band from Brussels, Belgium, formed in 2017. Named after the Celtic god of healing and the sea, the project channels orchestral grandeur and dark romanticism from the Belgian capital.
Noesis is an industrial/gothic metal band from Santander in Cantabria, active since 2016. Named after the Greek philosophical concept of pure intellect, the band crafts cerebral industrial metal from Spain's Bay of Biscay coast.
Nome is a gothic/heavy metal band from the Alajärvi and Vimpeli area of Finland, formed in 2010. Their sound merges the dark, melancholic atmosphere of gothic metal with the driving power of traditional heavy metal.
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