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Actin' Up (2023)
Featured Stoner Metal Album
The Mountain Of Gold (2018)
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HYPA HYPA Tour - Live In Ludwigsburg (2023)
05/25 @ The Theater at MGM National Harbor, National Harbor
Featured Progressive Metal Album
The Atlantic Albums (2019)
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Necessary Evil is a heavy metal band from Hyvinkaa in southern Finland, active since 2017. The band delivers essential heavy metal from the Uusimaa region near Helsinki.
Neck Cemetery is a heavy metal band from Cologne, active since 2019. The band delivers old-school heavy metal from the Rhineland's largest city.
Olympia, Washington's Necrobeast have been crossbreeding classic heavy metal with thrash's crossover aggression since 2006, bringing a punk-adjacent swagger to the Pacific Northwest underground. Two decades of operation have made them scene fixtures in the state capital.
Necrofiles is a heavy metal band from Pilsen, Czech Republic, active since 2018. The band delivers classic heavy metal from the brewery capital of western Bohemia.
Pennsylvania's Necromance blend heavy and power metal into a soaring, melodic hybrid with roots stretching back to 2003, building the kind of anthemic structures that reward repeated listening. Whitehall produces a band of old-school conviction and arena-worthy ambition.
Necromanzer is a heavy metal band from Hanover, Lower Saxony, active since 2017. The band brings classic heavy metal energy to the capital of Lower Saxony.
Born on Long Island in 2018, Necropolis carves through crossover thrash and progressive metal territory with the unruly energy of classic hardcore and the technical ambition of modern thrash. Their sound mashes pit-ready riffs against shifting time signatures in a way that refuses easy genre placement.
Gävle heavy/death metal act formed in 2016, blending the melodic power of heavy metal with death metal's aggressive edge from central Sweden. Their dual approach draws from both traditions.
Neftis is a heavy metal band from Palencia in Castile and Leon, active since 2018. Named after the Egyptian goddess, the band brings mythological themes to traditional heavy metal from northern Spain's Meseta.
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