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De Doorn (2022)
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Halo (2017)
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Nabiska is a melodic death metal band from Izola, Slovenia, active since 2012. The band delivers melody-driven death metal from the Adriatic coast, one of Slovenia's few coastal metal acts.
Nachtrab is a melodic death metal band from Lorrach on Germany's border with Switzerland and France, active since 2019. The band's trilateral border location informs a melodic death metal sound that draws from multiple European traditions.
Nachtschatten is a melodic death metal band from Karlsruhe in Baden-Wurttemberg, active since 2018. The band's name meaning 'nightshade' reflects the dark melodic venom in their death metal from southwestern Germany.
Nalar is a melodic death metal band from Berlin, active since 2021. The band brings Gothenburg-influenced melodic death metal to Germany's capital city.
Los Angeles-based Namra blends the melodic sensibility of Gothenburg death metal with metalcore's rhythmic punch, producing a hybrid sound shaped by the city's genre-fluid heavy scene. The band has been pushing that fusion since 2019.
Nancial is a melodic death metal and metalcore band from Moscow, Russia, active since 2016. They blend Scandinavian-influenced melodeath with modern metalcore from the Russian capital.
Naraka is a melodic death metal band from Paris, France, formed in 2010. Their sound delivers the precision and aggression of death metal tempered by melodic sensibility, carving a space in the Parisian extreme metal scene.
Narmer is a melodic death/groove metal band from the Kokkola-Perho area of central Ostrobothnia, active since 2020. Named after the ancient Egyptian pharaoh who unified Egypt, the band channels historical grandeur through melodic death metal.
Narrator is a melodic death and folk metal band from Schweinfurt in Lower Franconia, active since 2022. The band fuses folk melodies with melodic death metal from the industrial city on the River Main.
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