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Actin' Up (2023)
Featured Stoner Metal Album
Green Man Rising (Demo) (2017)
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Featured Progressive Metal Album
I Am the Void (Drumcorps Remix) (2024)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
Eye Of The Beholder (Live At Hammersmith Odeon, London, England / October 10th, 1988) (2018)
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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.
Austin's Ninth Circle takes the same name but an entirely different direction — their black metal/punk hybrid has been tearing through the Texas underground since 2018 with a rawer, more confrontational energy. The influence of punk keeps their black metal lean and furious rather than ornate, fitting neatly into Austin's long tradition of genre-crossing extreme acts.
New York's Ninth Degree started life rooted in stoner metal before pivoting to a harder thrash sound, a trajectory that speaks to their restless refusal to stay in one lane since forming in 2019. The shift mirrors the broader evolution of the New York underground, where stylistic rigidity has always been less valued than energy and conviction.
Intricate Symphonic / Progressive Metal out of Texas.
Originally active under the name Dunkel from 1997 before adopting the name Ninurta, this Santos-region black metal project released the demo Eternity in Pain through Nocturnal Age Recs in 2003. The band's approach centers on existentialist and philosophical themes, drawing from the raw, confrontational tradition of Brazilian underground black metal.
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