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Manual Manic Procedures (2024)
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Monolith of Inhumanity (2012)
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The Bestiary (2025)
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Norothin is a melodic death metal band from Tudela in Navarre, active since 2017. The band delivers Scandinavian-influenced melodeath from the Ebro valley of northern Spain.
Norphobia is a melodic death/black metal band from Ohringen in Baden-Wurttemberg, active since 2018. The band blends melodic death and black metal from the Hohenlohe region.
Norr is a black metal project from Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, active since 2016. The project channels northern isolation through black metal from Germany's northeastern Baltic region.
Norron is a death metal band from Oberkotzau in Upper Franconia, active since 2011. The band delivers death metal from the rural Bavarian-Thuringian borderlands.
Norrowon is a melodic death/groove metal band from Stuttgart, active since 2015. The band fuses melodic death metal with groove-driven heaviness from the Baden-Wurttemberg capital.
Norrsinnt is a folk/pagan/heavy metal band from Västerbotten, Sweden, active since 2015. The band weaves together folk melodies, pagan themes, and heavy metal power from northern Sweden's vast wilderness.
Norrsken is a doom/stoner metal band from Örebro, Sweden, formed in 2024. Named after the Swedish word for 'northern lights,' the band delivers heavy, slow-burning metal from central Sweden.
Norrsköld is a multi-genre extreme metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden, active since 2014. The band draws from black metal, death metal, folk metal, and metalcore to create a richly layered sound from the heart of the Gothenburg scene.
Norrut is a black metal project from Saxony, active since 2021. The project delivers cold black metal from the eastern German heartland.
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