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People Watching (2024)
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L'Enfant Sauvage (Special Edition) (2012)
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The Necrotic Manifesto (Bonus Tracks Edition) (2023)
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Among the Shadows (2024)
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Nekrofilet is a death metal band from Berlin, active since 2009. The band delivers unrelenting death metal from the German capital's underground.
Portland's Nekrofilth has been running death metal through a hardcore punk shredder since 2009, producing a filthy, speed-addicted hybrid that traces its DNA to early Repulsion and D.R.I. simultaneously. Their name is a mission statement and a warning.
Nekrofília is a black/heavy/power metal band from Budapest, Hungary, active since 2015. Their provocative name accompanies a genre-spanning approach that crosses multiple metal traditions.
Los Angeles-based Nekrogoblikon have carved out a gleefully absurd niche as metal's premier goblin-themed band, delivering surprisingly technical melodic death metal wrapped in darkly comedic theatrics featuring their mascot, John Goblikon. Albums like 'Heavy Meta' and 'Welcome to Bonkers' pair genuine musical chops with tongue-in-cheek humor, blending death metal growls with synth-driven melodies and power metal hooks. Their viral music videos and outlandish live shows have built a devoted cult following that proves metal and comedy can coexist without sacrificing heaviness.
Zagreb death/groove metal act formed in 2019, blending death metal's guttural extremity with groove metal's rhythmic punch. Their dual approach creates a sound that satisfies both headbanging and mosh-pit impulses.
Nekrokaos is a black metal act from Marseille, France, formed in 2021. The band delivers chaotic black metal fury from France's Mediterranean port city.
Nekrokraft is a black/death/thrash metal band from Linköping, Sweden, active since 2012. The band delivers a ferocious three-pronged extreme metal assault combining black, death, and thrash traditions.
Nekrokrati is a black/thrash metal band from Goppingen in Baden-Wurttemberg, active since 2014. The band fires blackened thrash volleys from the foot of the Swabian Alb.
Nekrokratie is a German raw black metal project formed in 2025. The project embraces the rawest, most primitive end of the black metal spectrum.
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