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Nemain is a gothic/black metal and darkwave band from Darlington, UK, formed in 2016. Named after the Irish goddess of war, their sound blends the darkness of black metal with gothic and darkwave atmospheres.
Nemaind is a melodic death metal band from Barcelona, active since 2015. The band brings Gothenburg-influenced melodeath to the vibrant Catalan music scene.
Neman is a melodic death metal band from Bar, Montenegro, active since 2011. Named after the Slavic mythological figure, they bring extreme metal to this small Adriatic port town.
California technical death metal project Nematocyst takes its name from the stinging cell of a jellyfish — and the music delivers accordingly, with precise, venomous riffwork that locks into intricate rhythmic patterns. Formed in 2024, they hit the ground running with clear technical ambitions.
Nematomorphos is a death/thrash metal band from Tarouca in central Portugal, active since 2020. Named after the parasitic hairworm phylum, they bring biological horror to their metal.
Nembo is a stoner metal band from Viterbo, Italy, active since 2019. Their name — Italian for 'storm cloud' — evokes the gathering heaviness of their fuzzy, riff-laden sound.
Nemdis is a melodic death metal band from Minsk, Belarus, active since 2019. The band brings Scandinavian-influenced melodic death metal to the Belarusian underground.
Nemea is a thrash metal and hardcore band from the Bruges-Ostend area of West Flanders, Belgium, active since 2012. The band fuses thrash metal aggression with hardcore intensity from the Belgian coast.
Nemean is a folk and death metal band from Lier in Belgium's Antwerp province, active since 2011. Named after the legendary lion of Greek mythology, the band weaves folk instrumentation and storytelling into a death metal foundation.
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