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"Mirror" Mixtape (2022)
Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
05/08 @ Underground Arts, Philadelphia
Featured Black Metal Album
Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Nerobove is a death/thrash metal band from Catania, Sicily, active since 2018. They bring aggressive extremity from beneath the shadow of Mount Etna.
Nerodia is a black/death/thrash metal band from Rome, Italy, active since 2016. Named after the North American water snake genus, they strike with multi-genre venomous intensity.
Nerve Agent is a thrash metal and crossover band from Birmingham, UK, formed in 2024. The band blends thrash metal speed with crossover punk energy from the Midlands.
Nervekiller is a death/thrash metal band from Budapest, Hungary, active since 2006. With nearly two decades of activity, they are seasoned veterans of the Hungarian extreme metal scene.
Nervengas is a black/thrash metal band from Munich, active since 2020. The band's name meaning 'nerve gas' signals a toxic blend of black and thrash metal from Bavaria's capital.
Ankara heavy/thrash metal act formed in 2013, delivering aggressive riffing from Turkey's capital. Their sustained output speaks to the enduring vitality of thrash in the Turkish underground.
Nervosa is an all-female thrash metal band founded in São Paulo, Brazil in 2010 by guitarist Prika Amaral and drummer Fernanda Terra, with Fernanda Lira joining shortly thereafter on bass and vocals. Their debut Victim of Yourself (2013) announced a relentless, Teutonic-influenced thrash attack, and the band sustained momentum through Agony (2016) and Downfall of Mankind (2018) despite numerous lineup changes. Amaral has helmed the project through multiple roster shifts, continuing into the Napalm Records era with Perpetual Chaos (2021) and Jailbreak (2023).
Nervus were a thrash metal band from Blumenau who recorded under the name with an aggressive, riff-forward approach rooted in classic South American thrash. Their Bandcamp release The Evil One showcases tightly wound guitar work and a no-frills intensity before the band eventually dissolved.
Netherblade is a thrash metal band from Milan, Italy, active since 2020. They cut through with sharp, aggressive thrash from the Lombardy capital.
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