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Nordglanz is a black metal, neofolk, and RAC project from Frankfurt, active since 2019. The project blends multiple dark musical traditions from the Rhine-Main metropolitan area.
Nordheim is a folk/black metal band from Dresden, active since 2010. The band weaves Germanic folk elements into black metal from the baroque Saxon capital on the Elbe.
Sacramento's Nordic Frost have been fusing black and death metal since 2015, drawing on the ferocity of both traditions to produce something leaner and more direct than either genre alone. Their sound favors cold, northern-tinged riffing over Californian warmth, which sets them apart from their regional peers. It's uncompromising extreme metal from an unlikely corner of the West Coast.
Nordic Twilight is a symphonic power metal project from the Jyväskylä area of Finland, pairing vocalist Minna Tuusa with multi-instrumentalist Ville Koskinen of Psychework and Silentium. Their melodic metal compositions blend neoclassical elements with soaring power metal, drawing on both members' deep roots in the Finnish metal scene.
Norditual is a progressive black and viking metal band from Freyre, in the Córdoba province of Argentina, blending epic and experimental arrangements with world-music influences. The band released their debut album Éxodo in 2010, followed by the two-part Echoes from Mankind — Parts I and II in 2016, both recorded and mixed by Franco Mensa at The Viking House studio in Freyre.
Houston black metal and ambient project Nordjn has been active since 2015, weaving between raw, misanthropic black metal and spacious, introspective ambient passages in a way that feels deliberate rather than unfocused. The pairing gives their work an unsettled quality — moments of harshness interrupted by stretches of cold, meditative drone. It's an unusual combination for the Texas Gulf Coast, but one they've made distinctly their own.
Nordkampf is a black metal project from northern Sweden, active since 2001. One of the elder statesmen of the northern Swedish black metal underground, the project has maintained over two decades of dark, cold activity.
Nordkar is a black metal project from Strobl, a small town in the Salzkammergut lake district of Austria, formed in 2025. The project is among the newest entries in Austria's prolific black metal underground.
Nordkväde is a black metal project from Västra Götaland, Sweden, active since 2018. The project creates atmospheric Scandinavian black metal inspired by the landscapes of western Sweden.
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