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State Of Unrest (2023)
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Noone is a gothic metal band from Campobasso, Molise, active since 2013. They craft dark, atmospheric compositions from one of Italy's smallest and least-known regional capitals.
Northern Eye is a doom/gothic metal band from Hamburg, formed in 2023. The band gazes northward through doom-laden gothic metal from Germany's second city.
Nosdrama is a gothic metal/rock band from Tampere, Finland, formed in 2008, creating what they describe as depressive rock and metal built on intensity and emotion. Across releases including Gravity, ÄES, and Burning Black, they explore the darker, more melancholic reaches of gothic-tinged heavy music.
Notturno Immenso is a doom/gothic metal band from the Randazzo/Malvagna area near Mount Etna, Sicily, active since 2016. Their name — 'immense nocturne' — captures the vast, dark expanses of their funereal compositions.
November-7 is a gothic and industrial metal band split between Neuchatel, Switzerland and London, with a prolific catalog spanning 'Season 3' through 2023's 'Interstellar.' Their sound bridges industrial rock and metal across five releases, evolving from their 2011 origins into a cross-continental project.
Novembre is a death/doom/gothic/progressive metal band from Rome, Italy, active since 2020. They are one of Italy's most respected progressive extreme metal acts, known for their emotionally profound and musically adventurous compositions.
Nox Mortis is an avant-garde gothic/doom metal band from Gotha in Thuringia, active since 1996. Nearly three decades of genre-bending doom and gothic metal make them one of the most enduring extreme acts in eastern Germany.
Noxiferis is a gothic/progressive metal band from the Bielsko-Biała area, Poland, formed in 2022. They weave dark atmospheric elements with progressive complexity.
Nympherite is a doom/gothic metal band from Elektrostal in the Moscow Oblast, active since 2015. They weave dark romantic atmospherics with funereal doom from this science city.
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