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Neman is a melodic death metal band from Bar, Montenegro, active since 2011. Named after the Slavic mythological figure, they bring extreme metal to this small Adriatic port town.
Nemdis is a melodic death metal band from Minsk, Belarus, active since 2019. The band brings Scandinavian-influenced melodic death metal to the Belarusian underground.
Nemezida is a melodic death metal band from Voronezh, Russia, formed in 2022. Named after the goddess of retribution, they deliver punishing melodeath from the Black Earth region.
Neon Daemon is a melodic death metal band from Kuopio in eastern Finland, active since 2019. The band delivers luminous melodeath from the lakeside city of the Savo region.
Neophobic is a melodic death metal band from Bremen, active since 2022. The band delivers Scandinavian-influenced melodic death metal from the Hanseatic port city in northwestern Germany.
Neotruth is a melodic death metal band from Tula, Russia. They seek truth through the dual channels of melody and aggression from this historic arms-manufacturing city.
Female-fronted symphonic and melodic death metal act from Ioannina, blending orchestral grandeur with crushing heaviness across albums like 'Drawing New Worlds' and 'No Gods in Heaven.' Vocalist Maria Tsironi anchors a sound that plumbs the depths of the human psyche through cinematic arrangements and dual vocal approaches.
Chicago's Nephilim leans into melodic death metal's Scandinavian heritage while keeping their material rooted in the Midwest's more direct aggressive tendencies. Since 2018 they've developed a sound that balances melodic hooks against enough force to keep the pit moving.
's-Hertogenbosch melodic death metal act formed in 2015, weaving melodic sophistication through aggressive frameworks from North Brabant's capital. Their approach carries the emotive range of the Scandinavian melodeath tradition.
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