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Neurotoxic is an experimental grindcore and death metal band from Stendal in Saxony-Anhalt, active since 2005. Two decades of boundary-pushing extremity from the Altmark region make them a fixture of eastern Germany's underground.
Nganga is a death metal and grindcore band from London, UK, formed in 2022. The band delivers extreme metal ferocity from the British capital.
Nihilist is a death metal and grindcore band from Ruse, Bulgaria, active since 1994, making them one of the country's earliest extreme metal acts. Three decades of activity place them among Bulgaria's longest-running purveyors of grinding death metal.
Nistikko was a Finnish grindcore band from Tornio, active from 2007 to 2023. Across a prolific run of releases including Hävitys, Kehä, and various splits, they delivered relentless, punishing grindcore in the Finnish-language tradition.
Out of Ithaca, New York, No End have been tearing through crust-inflected grindcore since 2016 — short, violent bursts of d-beat chaos and blastbeat fury that carry the DIY ethics of both the punk and metal underground. Their Bandcamp handle (noendnoise) is a fair warning: this is noise with a point, driven by the kind of righteous disgust that's always animated the grindcore and crust tradition at its most earnest.
No God Rhetoric is a grindcore and powerviolence band from Brno, Czech Republic, active since 2016. The band delivers rapid-fire blasts of political extremity from the DIY punk and grind scene of Moravia.
One of the pioneering female-fronted grindcore acts in Brazil, No Sense from Santos made an early mark with the "Out of Reality" EP and the full-length "Cerebral Cacophony" (1992, Cogumelo Records), led by vocalist Marly with blistering bursts that drew comparisons to Napalm Death's early violence. After disbanding in the 1990s, the band reunited and released the comeback album "Obey" (2011), bringing the original lineup back to a style rooted in madness, social alienation, and pure grindcore aggression.
No Stress is a death metal and grindcore band from Épinay-sous-Sénart, France, formed in 2021. Their sound combines the brutality of death metal with the velocity of grindcore.
No Title is a grindcore, death metal, and punk band from Sofia, Bulgaria, formed in 2018. The project's deliberately anti-branding name reflects a raw, DIY ethos that permeates their chaotic fusion of grind and punk.
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