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Nezach is a black metal project from Trier in the Rhineland-Palatinate, active since 2015. Named after the Kabbalistic sephirah representing eternity and victory, the project channels esoteric themes through black metal from Germany's oldest city.
Nezgaroth is a doom/gothic metal band from Karlstad, Sweden, active since 1999. One of the longest-running doom/gothic metal acts from the Värmland region, the band has maintained over a quarter century of dark, melancholic metal.
Neznaboh is a black metal project from Ostrava, Czech Republic, formed in 2023. The project's Czech name, evoking godlessness, signals an antitheistic approach to black metal from the Silesian heartland.
Nezznar is a raw black metal project from Transylvania, Romania, active since 2013. They draw on the dark mystique of Transylvania for their abrasive black metal.
Neander is a Berlin-based doom, post-metal, and rock band active since 2012. The project crafts expansive, heavy soundscapes that bridge doom, post-metal, and rock from the German capital.
Neživ is a multi-genre extreme metal band from Sinj, Croatia, blending black, death, and doom metal since 2016. Their name — meaning 'lifeless' in Croatian — befits their desolate, heavy sound from the Dalmatian hinterland.
Nganga is a death metal and grindcore band from London, UK, formed in 2022. The band delivers extreme metal ferocity from the British capital.
Nhaarg is a Spanish black metal project active since 2014. The project delivers raw, uncompromising black metal from the Iberian underground.
Nhaavah is a black metal band from Zatec in northwestern Bohemia, active since 2012. The band delivers cold, unforgiving black metal from the hop-growing capital of the Czech Republic.
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