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Napalm Death is the legendary grindcore and death metal band from Birmingham, England, formed in 1981, widely regarded as pioneers of the grindcore genre. The long-running core lineup of Barney Greenway, Shane Embury, Mitch Harris, and Danny Herrera has produced some of extreme metal's most influential work.
Napalm Healer is a thrash metal band from the Community of Madrid, active since 2020. The band brings explosive thrash energy to the Spanish capital region.
San Mateo's Napalm Holocaust arrived in 2021 with Bay Area black metal that strips the genre down to its most combative and primitive essentials. No atmosphere, no embellishment — just scorched-earth hatred.
Napalm Massacre is a brutal death metal and grindcore project from Finland, active since 2015. The project delivers unrelenting extremity from the Finnish underground.
Napalm Storm is a thrash metal band from Pedrola in Aragon, active since 2014. The band fires thrash salvos from the Ebro valley of northeastern Spain.
Napalm Ted is a death metal, grindcore, and punk band from Oulu in northern Finland, active since 2015. The band fuses multiple strains of extremity from the cultural capital of northern Finland.
Napalmica is a thrash metal band from Lambersart, France, formed in 2018. The band channels the high-speed aggression and riff-driven intensity that defines thrash metal in the French underground.
Naphthalen is a death metal band from Haslev on the island of Zealand, active since 2015. Named after the chemical compound, the band brings caustic death metal to the Danish underground.
Napierdalać is a symphonic black/death metal band from Manchester, UK, formed in 2023. Their Polish-named project brings symphonic grandeur to extreme metal from the northwest of England.
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