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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Nimbatus is a melodic doom/death and progressive metal project from Freiburg im Breisgau, active since 2010. The band blends melodic doom and death metal with progressive rock sensibility from the Black Forest gateway city.
Nimbifer is a black metal project from Hanover, active since 2019. The project's Latin name meaning 'storm-bearing' drives their tempestuous black metal from the capital of Lower Saxony.
Nimbufera is a death metal band from Pinneberg near Hamburg, active since 2019. The band delivers death metal from the suburban outskirts of Germany's second-largest city.
Nimea is a symphonic metal band from Saint Petersburg, Russia, active since 2018. They pair orchestral arrangements with heavy metal from the city of palaces.
Pershotravensk death metal act formed in 2019, delivering brutal extremity from the small Dnipropetrovsk region city. Their punishing approach channels death metal from an unlikely locale.
Nimetön Hauta is a one-man atmospheric black metal project from Tampere, Finland, created by the artist known as T. Drawing inspiration from Nordic nature and themes of death, loss, and war, the project blends emotive post-black metal textures with gritty traditional black metal foundations across three releases since 2022.
Nimfalic is a melodic death metal band formed in 2011 in Mexico City, Mexico. The band released their debut full-length, Sistemas caóticos, in 2014 and have remained active as an unsigned independent act. Their lineup has rotated through several members over the years while maintaining the same melodic death metal direction.
Udine atmospheric/progressive black/death metal act formed in 2013, crafting expansive sonic landscapes from Friuli's capital. Their ambitious approach layers progressive complexity over extreme metal foundations.
Nimostor is an atmospheric black metal project from Moscow, Russia, formed in 2022. They create immersive, dark soundscapes from the Russian capital.
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