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Undercover Scumbag (2018)
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A Stare Bound in Stone (2018)
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Of Stone, Wind, & Pillor (Remastered) (2021)
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Noise Killer is a death metal band from Porcari near Lucca, Italy, active since 2020. They bring lethal extremity from the Lucchese plain of Tuscany.
Noise of Silence is a brutal death metal band from Rostov-on-Don, Russia, formed in 2023. Their paradoxical name accompanies punishing brutality from southern Russia.
Noise Trail Immersion is a black/death/deathcore band from Turin, Italy, active since 2014. They push extreme metal boundaries with their immersive, chaotic approach to sonic violence.
Unhinged Grindcore from Albuquerque, New Mexico (early); Texas / California / New Mexico (later).
Noiseblast is a death/thrash metal band from Banagher in the Irish midlands, active since 2016. They bring explosive aggression from this small town on the River Shannon.
NoiseField is a progressive metal band from Pécs, Hungary, active since 2018. They craft complex compositions from this UNESCO World Heritage city in southern Transdanubia.
Noisefog is a black/death metal band from Corleto Perticara in Basilicata, Italy, active since 2020. They emerge from this remote southern Italian mountain village with atmospheric extremity.
Noisehunter is a heavy metal band from Dormagen near Cologne, active since 2015. The band stalks classic heavy metal from the industrial Rhineland.
Athenian experimental doom metal project launched in 2024, pushing the genre's boundaries through unconventional sonic approaches. Their adventurous take on doom metal refuses to be constrained by traditional genre formulas.
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