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Neguit is a grindcore band from Reus in Catalonia, formed in 2025. The project brings rapid-fire grindcore to the Catalan city near Tarragona.
Neid is a grindcore band from Viterbo in Lazio, Italy, active since 2007. Their German name — meaning 'envy' — accompanies nearly two decades of grinding fury.
Nekkrosis is a death metal and grindcore band from Rushden, UK, active since 1994. As one of the longer-running extreme acts in the English Midlands, they have spent three decades delivering punishing death metal and grindcore.
Northwestern Pennsylvania grindcore act Nemo has been unleashing blasts of compressed, electronically seasoned extremity out of Edinboro since 2002. Their hybrid approach threads industrial textures through grindcore's controlled chaos without losing the genre's fundamental velocity.
Bratislava industrial death metal and grindcore act formed in 2020, fusing mechanical rhythms with extreme metal aggression. Their cold, programmatic approach adds industrial weight to grinding extremity.
Neolithic Regression is a Swiss thrash metal and grindcore band active since 2016. The project's name evokes a return to primal aggression, delivered through a volatile blend of thrash and grind.
San Jose's Nerve Exposure pairs death metal's structural violence with grindcore's refusal to waste a single second, producing short, ferocious bursts from the Bay Area underground since 2019. The 408 area code in their Bandcamp handle says everything about where this music belongs.
Los Angeles grindcore outfit Nerve Grind has been serving the city's sprawling underground since 2015, delivering blasts of noise-informed extremity in a metropolis more commonly associated with its polished mainstream. Their work thrives in the gap between what LA projects and what it actually harbors.
Nesseria is a blackened metallic hardcore band from Orléans, France, established in 2003 and considered a major act in the French underground scene. Over two decades of touring from DIY venues to major festivals, they have released three full-length albums and multiple splits, evolving through grindcore, black/sludge, and post-black metal phases.
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