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Nephrolith is a black metal band from Bled, Slovenia, active since 2009. The band creates dark black metal from the shores of one of Europe's most scenic Alpine lakes.
From Corpus Christi on the Gulf Coast of Texas, Nephrosis delivers death metal with the humid heaviness of a South Texas summer — unrelenting and suffocating in the best possible sense. The band has been honing their craft since 2019 in a city that punches well above its size for extreme music.
Nephthys is a progressive/symphonic black metal and ambient project from Kiel on the Baltic coast, formed in 2025. Named after the Egyptian goddess of death and mourning, the project blends symphonic grandeur with ambient textures.
Nephtys is a stoner and sludge metal band from La Louviere in Belgium's Hainaut province, formed in 2025. Named after the Egyptian goddess of mourning, the project brings low-tuned, heavy riffing to Wallonia's nascent sludge scene.
Nephtyssia is a black metal project from Brittany, France, established in 2006 by sole creator Teñvalder. Beginning with a simple, radical approach to black metal, the project has maintained an uncompromising vision through releases including Anken and a split with Malphas.
Nephwrack is a progressive heavy metal band from Winchester, UK, active since 2017. The band crafts complex, evolving heavy metal compositions from the historic cathedral city of Hampshire.
's-Hertogenbosch melodic death metal act formed in 2015, weaving melodic sophistication through aggressive frameworks from North Brabant's capital. Their approach carries the emotive range of the Scandinavian melodeath tradition.
Nepride is a multi-genre metal band from Budapest, blending death, doom, heavy, and melodic death metal since 2015. Their wide stylistic range creates a rich, varied sonic landscape.
Neptrecus is a Parisian black metal band formed in 2011, self-described as Black Metal de France. With seven releases including Ars Gallica and Sic Semper Tyrannis, they have built a substantial body of French-language black metal steeped in nationalist themes.
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