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Noutaja is a Helsinki-based death metal band signed to Inverse Records, delivering aggressive old-school death metal across releases like Never Meant To Save Us. Their sound channels the raw power and compositional depth of classic Scandinavian death metal.
Nouvelle Église Catholique is a French black metal project formed in 2025. The provocatively named act channels black metal's tradition of religious subversion through their extreme music.
Nova is a black metal project from the Veneto region of Italy, active since 2020. Their stellar name illuminates an otherwise dark sonic universe.
Nova Arminius is a heavy/power metal band from Sweden, active since 2017. The band delivers anthemic power metal infused with traditional heavy metal foundations.
Nova Art is a progressive metal band from Moscow, Russia, active since 2009. They craft artful, technically demanding compositions from the Russian capital.
Formed in 2022 in Sturgis, Michigan, Nova Blast combine the churning groove of mid-period metal with metalcore's melodic and structural sensibilities, a pairing that suits the band's direct, hard-hitting approach. Young but focused, they represent the next wave of Midwest metal — bands building identity in smaller cities far from the conventional scenes.
Nova Collective is a progressive metal and jazz fusion project founded in 2014 in Raleigh, North Carolina, by Dan Briggs of Between the Buried and Me and Richard Henshall of Haken, alongside drummer Matt Lynch and keyboardist Pete Jones. Their 2017 debut The Further Side on Metal Blade Records showcased intricate, fusion-informed compositions that drew on progressive rock, jazz, and world music without leaning on extreme metal aggression. The project stands as a showcase for instrumental musicianship among players already established in the progressive metal world.
Nova Darkness is a Chilean melodic death metal band that released their debut album Of Doom and Grief in November 2019, a ten-track record incorporating neo-classical and symphonic elements alongside death metal riffing. The band followed it with Nigredo Tenebrae in January 2024, continuing to develop a sound influenced by the melodic death metal tradition of the 1990s.
Nova Lux is a black metal project from Naples, Italy, active since 2010. Their Latin name — meaning 'new light' — suggests revelation through the darkness of black metal.
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