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Nekhrah is a death metal band from Nicosia, Cyprus, active since 2014. The band delivers crushing death metal from the divided capital of the Eastern Mediterranean island nation.
Melodic doom/death metal act from Athens distinguished by the incorporation of saxophone into their mournful compositions. Their self-titled 2013 debut, released in a limited hand-numbered run of 500 copies, explores themes of sorrow, suffering, and personal anguish.
Nekkral is a French black/doom/sludge metal and ambient project formed in 2015, blending the oppressive weight of doom and sludge with black metal darkness and ambient textures. The project explores the intersection of extreme metal heaviness and atmospheric soundscaping.
Nekkralai is a black metal project from Kaunas, Lithuania, active since 2014. They contribute to the steadily growing Lithuanian black metal underground.
Ustka black/doom metal act formed in 2019, merging atmospheric intensity with crushing weight from the Baltic Sea coast of Pomerania. Their seaside origins lend an appropriately bleak quality to their dark fusion.
Nekkrofuneral deals in old-school black/death savagery rooted in the Brazilian underground tradition, with Z. Misanthrope on bass and vocals, M. Marra on guitars, and C. Couto on drums. Their 2021 split "A Epítome da Decadência Humana" with Numbomb showcases the band's raw, crust-tinged attack recorded and mixed at Heavy Track Estúdio.
Silesian black/speed metal act formed in 2022, fusing breakneck velocity with atmospheric darkness from Poland's industrial heartland. Their high-octane approach channels raw energy through both genres.
Nekkromaniac is a black/thrash metal band from Pirmasens in the Rhineland-Palatinate, active since 2014. The band brings blackened thrash fury to the forested Palatinate region near the French border.
Nekkrosis is a death metal and grindcore band from Rushden, UK, active since 1994. As one of the longer-running extreme acts in the English Midlands, they have spent three decades delivering punishing death metal and grindcore.
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