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Divine (2024)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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Sunset on the Golden Age (2017)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
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Neurotic Machinery is a band from Tachov in western Bohemia that has evolved dramatically since 2007, shifting from melodic death metal and metalcore to progressive and post-metal. The project's stylistic journey reflects an ambitious refusal to be confined by genre boundaries.
Neverborne is a melodic death metal and metalcore band from London, UK, active since 2005. Their sound bridges the melodic precision of Scandinavian death metal with the driving energy of British metalcore.
Nevercold is a thrash/death metal and metalcore band from Thonon-les-Bains in the French Alps, active since 2007. Their sound fuses thrash and death metal aggression with modern metalcore elements.
New Age Extinction is a metalcore band from Dublin, Ireland, active since 2011. They channel the intensity of modern metalcore from the Irish capital.
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Nexus:Down is a groove metal and metalcore band from Celle in Lower Saxony, formed in 2023. The band fuses groove metal riffing with metalcore breakdowns from the Luneburg Heath.
Melodic death metal and metalcore act from Castellanza near Varese, formed in 2013 and blending Scandinavian-influenced melodicism with modern breakdowns. Their dual approach draws from both traditions.
Nihil Obstat is a melodic death metal and metalcore band from Saarbrucken, active since 2014. The band's Latin legal term meaning 'nothing stands in the way' drives their forward momentum through melodic extremity.
Nihilysm is a melodic death metal and metalcore band from Chemnitz in Saxony, formed in 2024. The band brings a nihilistic edge to modern melodeath from the former Karl-Marx-Stadt.
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