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AntiFragile (2025)
Featured Thrash Metal Album
Ad Astra (2025)
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Featured Stoner Metal Album
Serpent & Spirit (2021)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
05/07 @ Gramercy Theatre, New York
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N.O.H.N. is a progressive/stoner metal project from Milan, Italy, formed in 2024. They fuse progressive complexity with the fuzzy warmth of stoner metal.
Nabla is a heavy/stoner metal band from Latisana in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy, active since 2013. Named after the mathematical operator, they deliver calculated heaviness.
Nadsad is a sludge/stoner metal band from Krasnodar, Russia, active since 2017. They deliver heavy, fuzzy grooves from this major city in southern Russia.
NAFT is a thrash, stoner, and heavy metal band from Copenhagen, active since 2021. The band delivers a volatile fusion of thrash energy with stoner grooves from the Danish capital.
Nagirčalmmiid is a doom/stoner metal band from Trondheim, Norway, active since 2020. Their Sámi-language name reflects indigenous northern Scandinavian heritage rarely represented in metal.
Nautilus is a sludge/stoner metal band from Rush, County Dublin, Ireland, active since 2017. Named after the legendary submarine, they dive deep into heavy, ocean-floor grooves.
Haarlem sludge/stoner metal act launched in 2025, delivering crushing heaviness and fuzz-drenched grooves from the North Holland capital. Their downtempo approach channels the most oppressive corners of the sludge tradition.
Necronomisurf is a stoner/groove metal band from Turku, active since 2017. The band blends Lovecraftian themes with surf-tinged stoner grooves from Finland's oldest city.
Nedgeva is a French power trio from Colmar delivering high-energy rock and metal with no concessions, drawing on hard rock, blues rock, and punk influences. Their 2016 debut Lost Signal captures five tracks of raw, unfiltered heavy rock energy.
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