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Natron is a technical death metal band from Bari, Italy, active since 2013. Named after the ancient Egyptian embalming salt, they deliver precision-engineered brutality from Puglia.
Necrop is a technical death metal band from Ski, Norway, active since 2016. They deliver precision-engineered brutality from this Viken municipality south of Oslo.
Necrophagist is a legendary technical death metal band from Karlsruhe, founded in 1992 by Muhammed Suicmez and signed to Relapse Records. Their albums 'Onset of Putrefaction' and 'Epitaph' redefined technical death metal with head-spinning musicianship and elaborate arrangements that set new standards for the genre.
Necropolis is a death metal band from Córdoba, Argentina, featuring guitarists and vocalists Guillermo Gomez and Pablo Camiletti alongside bassist Pedro Larrahona and drummer Juan Bustos. They released their debut album Incertidumbre in 1999 and followed it with a second full-length, There Is a Place, in 2007, and have continued performing in the Córdoba metal scene into the present.
Necrost is a technical death metal band from Moscow, Russia, active since 2016. They bring precision-engineered brutality from the Russian capital.
Necrostasis is a technical death metal band from Palermo, Sicily, formed in 2023. They bring precision-driven brutality from the Sicilian capital.
Necrosy is a technical death metal band from Venice, Italy, active since 2014. They craft intricate death metal from the city of canals, a setting as unique as their sound.
Out of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, Necrotroph wields melodic and technical death metal with surgical precision, threading intricate riff patterns through relentless blastbeat architecture. The result is punishing but never brainless — every measure feels deliberately constructed.
California technical death metal project Nematocyst takes its name from the stinging cell of a jellyfish — and the music delivers accordingly, with precise, venomous riffwork that locks into intricate rhythmic patterns. Formed in 2024, they hit the ground running with clear technical ambitions.
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