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Ride the Flatline (feat. Jami Morgan & Code Orange) (2024)
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Evidence (2023)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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Milan death metal act formed in 2014 that integrates jazz influences into their extreme framework, creating an unconventional and intellectually ambitious hybrid. Their willingness to cross-pollinate death metal with improvisational jazz sets them apart from the underground mainstream.
Niflheim is a symphonic heavy metal band from Paris, France, formed in 2022. Named after the primordial realm of ice in Norse mythology, their sound merges symphonic grandeur with traditional heavy metal power.
Niflungar is a black metal project from Novi Sad, Serbia, active since 2020. Named after the Nibelungs of Germanic legend, they bring mythological darkness from the Vojvodina capital.
Nifrost is a folk/viking/black metal band from Jølster, Norway, active since 2016. They draw on Norse pagan heritage from the fjord landscapes of western Norway.
Nigdar is a black metal project from Zagreb, Croatia, formed in 2026. Their name — meaning 'never' in Croatian dialect — adds a fatalistic dimension to their black metal.
Michigan's Nigh Ungodly surgically disassemble their victims with technical death metal precision before dropping them into deathcore breakdowns of crushing weight. Peoria has rarely produced anything this methodically destructive.
Night Abyss is a melodic black/death metal band from Orekhovo-Zuyevo in the Moscow Oblast, active since 2018. They peer into the void with melodic extremity.
Born in Albuquerque in 2024, Night Child runs crossover thrash into hardcore's wall of noise at full speed, all sharp elbows and no brakes. High desert aggression with a punk spine and metal teeth.
Los Angeles's Night City drags industrial machinery into the sludge pit, layering mechanical abrasion over slow, suffocating riffs built for neon-lit urban decay. Dystopian heaviness for a city that never sleeps.
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