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Nervosa is an all-female thrash metal band founded in São Paulo, Brazil in 2010 by guitarist Prika Amaral and drummer Fernanda Terra, with Fernanda Lira joining shortly thereafter on bass and vocals. Their debut Victim of Yourself (2013) announced a relentless, Teutonic-influenced thrash attack, and the band sustained momentum through Agony (2016) and Downfall of Mankind (2018) despite numerous lineup changes. Amaral has helmed the project through multiple roster shifts, continuing into the Napalm Records era with Perpetual Chaos (2021) and Jailbreak (2023).
Nervous Decay is a death metal band from Nantes, France, delivering old-school-infused death metal characterized by intense riffing, complex songwriting, and brutal neck-wrecking sections punctuated by unexpected melodic moments. Their lyrics address the difficulties of thinking freely in modern society.
Nervus were a thrash metal band from Blumenau who recorded under the name with an aggressive, riff-forward approach rooted in classic South American thrash. Their Bandcamp release The Evil One showcases tightly wound guitar work and a no-frills intensity before the band eventually dissolved.
Nervоs is a black metal project from Novosibirsk, Russia, active since 2019. They deliver anxious, agitated black metal from Siberia's capital.
Nerwa is a progressive sludge and post-metal band from Hamburg, active since 2017. The band crafts expansive, dynamic soundscapes that bridge sludge heaviness with post-metal atmospherics from northern Germany.
Nerzh is a solo black metal project from Aquitaine, France, created by Antoine Kerbérénès. The project blends instrumental black metal with folk and melodic elements, producing atmospheric compositions that merge metal aggression with traditional sensibilities.
Nesaia is a melodic death metal and metalcore band from Naumburg in Saxony-Anhalt, active since 2016. The band blends Scandinavian melodeath influence with modern metalcore from the medieval wine town on the Saale River.
Yampil depressive black metal and dark ambient project formed in 2021, channeling themes of despair from a small town in the Vinnytsia region. Their remote origins lend an authentically isolated quality to their desolate sound.
Nesh is a neoclassical power metal project from Sofia, Bulgaria, active since 2017. The project fuses the technical virtuosity of neoclassical shredding with the bombastic grandeur of power metal from Bulgaria's capital.
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