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Masters of Morbidity (2022)
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No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
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Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Never Fall is a symphonic metal band from Frydek-Mistek in the Moravian-Silesian region, active since 2014. The band brings orchestral grandeur and soaring arrangements to the industrial northeast of the Czech Republic.
Never Fall Asleep is a heavy metal band from Stockholm, Sweden, formed in 2016. The band plays energetic traditional heavy metal from the Swedish capital.
Never My Queen is a sludge metal, crossover, and hardcore punk band from Berlin, active since 2011. The band fuses sludge heaviness with punk attitude from the German capital's DIY scene.
Never Say Die is a heavy metal and hard rock band from Weiler, Austria, formed in 2024. The band brings classic metal energy to the Vorarlberg region with a sound rooted in traditional heavy metal.
Stockton, California black metal outfit Never to Suffer has been operating in the Central Valley's underground since 2016, drawing on the bleaker registers of the genre to build music that fits a city with a complicated, often brutal history. Their sound is unsparing and deeply felt.
Athens-based thrash metal and hardcore crossover act formed in 2011, fusing pit-ready aggression with punk attitude. Their high-energy approach bridges the gap between metal's technical precision and hardcore's raw directness.
Neverborne is a melodic death metal and metalcore band from London, UK, active since 2005. Their sound bridges the melodic precision of Scandinavian death metal with the driving energy of British metalcore.
Tempe, Arizona's NeverBreath carves black metal from the desert Southwest's extremes — not icy forests but scorching exposure, relentless sun, and an environment that offers no mercy. Formed in 2020, they channel that harshness into a form of the genre that feels genuinely regional.
Neverchange is a heavy metal band from Dortmund in the Ruhr Valley, formed in 2024. The band's name declares a commitment to unaltered classic heavy metal from the industrial heartland.
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