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Unreasonable Doubt (2024)
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A Love To Kill For (2023)
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Obnoxious (2022)
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Cherkasy sludge metal act formed in 2016, whose Japanese name meaning 'misanthropy' signals the disaffected worldview behind their crushing sonic weight. Their cross-cultural naming adds an unusual dimension to their oppressive sound.
Ninhur is a Danish post-black metal project formed in 2022. The project pushes black metal into atmospheric, genre-transcending territory.
Frigid Black Metal from Austin, Texas / Western New York.
Ninja is a heavy metal band from Wuppertal, the city famous for its suspended monorail, active since 2017. The band brings stealthy heavy metal to the industrial Bergisches Land region.
Ninja Magic is a power/thrash metal band from Luleå, Sweden, active since 2016. The band blends power metal melody with thrash aggression from the Arctic-adjacent north of Sweden.
Ninkharsag is a Liverpool-based black metal band established in 2009, dedicated to producing uncompromising traditional black metal. With five releases from 2013's The Essential Salts of Human Dust through 2025's The Black Swords of Winter on labels including Candlelight and Vendetta Records, they have become one of the UK's most respected black metal acts.
Ninmah is a death/thrash metal band from Marseille, France, formed in 2022. Their sound merges the aggression of death and thrash metal from the sun-baked Mediterranean port city.
Nino Helfrich is a progressive metal and shred guitarist from Hamburg, active since 2016. The solo project showcases technical virtuosity and progressive composition from the Hanseatic city.
Savage Black Metal / Punk from Austin.
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