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Toledo, Ohio's Notara came together in 2019 to deliver death/thrash metal with a precision and ferocity that punches well above the band's years in existence. Their approach fuses the surgical riffing of classic death metal with the velocity and aggression of thrash, carrying on the Midwest's tradition of no-frills extreme metal built on pure craft.
Three-time Grammy-nominated progressive metal band known for elaborate live shows with custom-built instruments.
Connecticut's Nothing Sacred blend progressive metal's compositional ambition with the punch of thrash and the melodic instincts of classic heavy metal, emerging in 2020 as one of the Northeast's more technically adventurous acts. The band pushes arrangements beyond conventional verse-chorus structures, letting their progressive tendencies breathe without losing the momentum that thrash demands.
Minneapolis death metal outfit Nothingness formed in 2019 and have quickly carved out a place in Minnesota's thriving underground extreme metal scene with a sound that is unrelenting and purposefully unadorned. They favor the direct brutality of classic death metal — dense low-end, churning rhythms, and vocals dredged from somewhere beneath the frost line.
Nothung is a heavy/thrash metal band from Potenza, Basilicata, active since 2021. Named after the legendary sword from the Nibelungenlied and Wagner's Ring cycle, they forge sharp-edged metal from southern Italy's highlands.
Notice of Destruction is a thrash metal band from Cadenazzo in Switzerland's Italian-speaking Ticino canton, active since 2016. The band brings old-school thrash metal fury to the southern slopes of the Swiss Alps.
Novacaine is a thrash metal band from Dublin, Ireland, active since 2019. They deliver numbing thrash intensity from the Irish capital.
Novelty is a speed/thrash metal band from Budapest, Hungary, formed in 2022. They channel the velocity and aggression of old-school speed metal.
Novichok is a thrash metal band from Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, formed in 2021. Named with provocative intent, the band delivers aggressive thrash metal from Tyneside.
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