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Notice of Destruction is a thrash metal band from Cadenazzo in Switzerland's Italian-speaking Ticino canton, active since 2016. The band brings old-school thrash metal fury to the southern slopes of the Swiss Alps.
Notio is a solo melodic progressive metal project by Albert Olli from Heinola, Finland, blending melodic and alternative metal with progressive song structures. Releases like Worldview showcase a one-man vision of intricate, evolving compositions.
Istanbul death metal act formed in 2011, delivering brutal extremity from Turkey's largest city. Their sustained output speaks to Istanbul's active death metal underground.
Nots is a groove metal and metalcore band from Székesfehérvár, Hungary, active since 2014. They bring modern heavy music from this ancient coronation city of Hungarian kings.
Nott is a black metal project from Brescia, Italy, active since 2013. Named after the Norse personification of night, they embrace total darkness.
Nottingham is a power metal band from Szolnok, Hungary, active since 2011. Their English castle name evokes the medieval grandeur that permeates their melodic power metal.
Notturno is an atmospheric black metal project from Agnone in Molise, Italy, active since 2019. Their name — Italian for 'nocturne' — captures the contemplative darkness of their sound from this ancient bell-making town.
Notturno Immenso is a doom/gothic metal band from the Randazzo/Malvagna area near Mount Etna, Sicily, active since 2016. Their name — 'immense nocturne' — captures the vast, dark expanses of their funereal compositions.
Nottus plays traditional heavy metal with all lyrics written in Portuguese, grounding the band firmly in a local identity unusual for the genre. Vocalist and main composer Cristiano Mendes steers the songwriting toward historical and religious subjects — the 2014 EP A Marcha Negra includes the track A Lança de Longino, which draws on the legend of the spear said to have pierced Christ at the crucifixion.
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