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Nailbreaker is a crossover thrash band from Moscow, Russia, active since 2018. They break through with high-energy thrash-punk fury from the Russian capital.
Nailcross is a groove metal and crossover thrash band from Linz, Austria, active since 2018. The band brings a hard-hitting fusion of mosh-ready riffs and punk-infused aggression to the Austrian metal scene.
Roanoke's Nailcrown fuses black metal's icy ferocity with death metal's blunt force, forging a sound that carries the Appalachian region's sense of isolation into extreme territory. The band has been honing its craft since 2019.
Nailed to Obscurity is a melodic doom/death metal band from Esens on Germany's North Sea coast, with a catalog spanning from 2007's 'Abyss' through 2025's 'Generation of the Void.' The band has achieved festival prominence with appearances at Rock Hard Festival and Sturmflut Festival, establishing them among Germany's premier doom-death acts.
Nailface is a slam/brutal death metal act from the United Kingdom, active since 2009. The band delivers the guttural vocals, slamming breakdowns, and crushing brutality that define the slam death metal style.
Nailgun is a heavy/thrash metal band from Walldurn in Baden-Wurttemberg, active since 2020. The band fires rapid-fire thrash and heavy metal from the rural Odenwald region of southwestern Germany.
Leiden death metal act formed in 2011, playing grotesque horror gore death metal in the vein of Autopsy, Impetigo, and early Death across albums like 'Backyard Butchery' and 'Boned, Boxed and Buried.' Their old-school approach channels late-80s and early-90s horror death/doom, and members later formed Graceless.
Nailgunner is a thrash metal band from Joutseno in southeastern Finland, formed in 2026. The project is among the newest Finnish thrash acts.
Naillung is a black/death metal and crust band from Turku, active since 2019. The band fuses extreme metal with crust punk from Finland's former medieval capital.
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