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"Mirror" Mixtape (2022)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Nekonomicon is a metalcore/power metal band from Oslo, Norway, formed in 2021. Their cat-pun name — merging 'neko' with 'Necronomicon' — brings playful humor to their heavy music.
Athenian black metal act formed in 2017, contributing to the dense concentration of extreme metal emerging from the Greek capital. Their output channels raw ferocity and darkness in keeping with the Hellenic underground tradition.
Athenian concept act whose debut album 'Gehinnam' unfolds a narrative of fallen angels, ancient curses, and nihilistic transcendence through chaotic black/death metal. Formed in 2014, their extreme sonic vision merges darkness and introversion with dense, layered aggression.
Raw black metal scraped from the high desert outside Albuquerque, Nekrath emerged in 2025 with the minimal, uncompromising aesthetic that defines the sub-genre's most unrelenting practitioners. The New Mexico landscape — remote, harsh, and indifferent — feels embedded in the noise.
Black/death metal act from Slavonski Brod formed in 2015, bringing extreme darkness from the Sava River borderlands. Their fusion approach draws from the most aggressive traditions of both genres.
Nekro Sound is a death metal act from Strasbourg, France, formed in 2020. The band channels raw death metal aggression from the Alsatian capital on the Franco-German border.
Nekrobioz is a black metal band from Reims, France, active since 2007. The band has spent nearly two decades crafting black metal from the champagne capital of France.
Istanbul black/death metal and noise project formed in 2023, pushing extreme metal into its most chaotic and abrasive territory. Their genre-defying assault channels pure sonic hostility.
Nekrocake is a death metal band from Bilbao, active since 2017. The band serves up death metal with a darkly playful name from the Basque Country's largest city.
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