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Liars & Thieves (2024)
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Szczecin death metal and hardcore act active since 2007, delivering aggressive extremity from Poland's major Baltic port city. Their nearly two decades of hybrid extremity speak to sustained creative energy.
Nihilrage is a death metal band from Tudela in Navarre, active since 2020. The band delivers rage-fueled death metal from the Ebro valley of northern Spain.
Volos-based black metal and crust punk hybrid formed in 2019, combining the atmospheric intensity of black metal with crust's raw D-beat energy. Their fusion of these complementary extremes creates a sound both savage and atmospheric.
Nihilum is a black metal project from Baden-Wurttemberg, active since 2020. The project's Latin name meaning 'nothing' encapsulates the void at the heart of their southwestern German black metal.
Nihilus is a black/thrash metal band from Paris, France, formed in 2016. Their sound combines the raw velocity of thrash with black metal's atmospheric darkness in the tradition of blackened thrash.
Polish black/death metal project formed in 2021, merging atmospheric intensity with guttural extremity. Their fusion approach channels the darkest impulses of both genres.
Nihilwelt is a Russian black/death metal project active since 2019. Their German name — meaning 'world of nothing' — captures the nihilistic void at the heart of their sound.
Nihilysm is a melodic death metal and metalcore band from Chemnitz in Saxony, formed in 2024. The band brings a nihilistic edge to modern melodeath from the former Karl-Marx-Stadt.
San Jose's Nihlotep has been operating in the black metal underground since 2009, drawing on the occult and the esoteric to build a sound that feels genuinely ancient and malevolent. Their longevity in the Bay Area's competitive underground speaks to a consistent vision rooted in the darker, more ceremonial side of the genre.
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