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Nox Illunis is a black metal project from Treviso, Italy, active since 2010. Their Latin name — meaning 'moonless night' — evokes the pitch-black darkness of their sound.
Nox Infernum is a Portuguese black metal project formed in 2026. Their Latin name — meaning 'night of the underworld' — signals the infernal darkness of their sound.
Nox Irae is a thrash/death metal band from the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of France, formed in 2019. Their sound delivers aggressive thrash/death metal intensity from the sun-drenched south of France.
Nox Mortem is a depressive black metal project from Minsk, Belarus, formed in 2024. The project's Latin name meaning 'night of death' signals its commitment to the bleakest extremes of the DSBM tradition.
Nox Mortis is an avant-garde gothic/doom metal band from Gotha in Thuringia, active since 1996. Nearly three decades of genre-bending doom and gothic metal make them one of the most enduring extreme acts in eastern Germany.
Nox Noctis is a black/thrash metal band from Volgograd, Russia, active since 2016. Their Latin name — meaning 'night of night' — doubles down on the darkness.
Nox Pestes is a black metal project from Neubrandenburg in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, formed in 2026. The project's Latin name meaning 'night plague' signals pestilent black metal from the northeastern German lakeland.
Los Angeles's Nox Sinister are a fresh heavy/thrash act formed in 2023, drawing from the deep well of classic West Coast thrash while rooting their attack in the power and clarity of traditional heavy metal. Even in their early days, they demonstrate an awareness of what made the genre great — tight rhythm section work, riff economy, and vocals that cut through the mix.
Nox Tenebrae is a raw black metal project from San Fernando in the Bay of Cadiz, active since 2020. The project's Latin name meaning 'night of darkness' drives their unpolished black metal from Andalusia's Atlantic coast.
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