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"Mirror" Mixtape (2022)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
05/08 @ Underground Arts, Philadelphia
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Chicago's Namland operates in the city's death metal underground with a suffocating low-end approach honed since 2016. Their sound reflects the industrial grimness of the Second City filtered through old-school brutality.
Ełk death metal act formed in 2014, delivering brutal extremity from the Masurian Lake District of northeastern Poland. Their punishing approach channels classic death metal traditions.
Los Angeles-based Namra blends the melodic sensibility of Gothenburg death metal with metalcore's rhythmic punch, producing a hybrid sound shaped by the city's genre-fluid heavy scene. The band has been pushing that fusion since 2019.
Namrasit is a black/death metal project from Papenburg in the Emsland region of Lower Saxony, active since 2013. The project channels extreme metal darkness from one of Germany's northernmost canal cities.
Namroth Blackthorn was a raw black metal act from the northeastern city of São Luís, operating from 2010 until their eventual dissolution. Their output sat within the lo-fi, abrasive tradition of the genre, with lyrical themes rooted in occultism and self-knowledge.
Namtar is a black metal project from Montblanc in Catalonia, active since 2016. Named after the Sumerian god of death, the project channels ancient mythological darkness from the medieval walled town near Tarragona.
Namtaru is a black/death metal band from Trento in northern Italy, active since 2018. Named after the Mesopotamian deity of death, they bring ancient malice to their extreme metal.
Namuh emerged from João Pessoa in 2021 as a post-black metal project before shifting toward the depressive end of the spectrum in later material. The project explores themes of loneliness, misanthropy, and inward collapse, working in a spare, atmospheric style that prioritizes emotional weight over technical density.
Nan Dungortheb is a German pagan black metal project active since 2018. Named after the valley of dreadful death in Tolkien's Silmarillion, the project fuses pagan themes with black metal intensity.
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