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Nusquama is a black metal project from Utrecht, Netherlands, active since 2019. Their Latin name — meaning 'nowhere' — evokes the placeless, disembodied quality of their atmospheric black metal.
Nuummite is a post-black metal and rock band from Prague, active since 2019. Named after the rare Greenlandic mineral, the project blends post-rock introspection with black metal intensity.
Nuvi is a black metal project from Caltabellotta in Agrigento province, Sicily, active since 2008. They bring black metal from one of the highest and most isolated towns in southwestern Sicily.
Nuvo is a progressive metal band from Valmiera, Latvia, active since 2017. They craft intricate compositions from this small city in northern Latvia's Vidzeme region.
Portland's Nux Vomica have been fusing melodic death metal with crust punk's anarchic energy since 2007, resulting in music that is simultaneously sweeping and abrasive. Long-form compositions layer desperate melody over d-beat-driven chaos, creating something emotionally raw that refuses to sit comfortably in either camp.
Nuxvomica is a Finnish death metal act from Helsinki with roots stretching back to 1991, making them veterans of the early Finnish death metal wave. Their long history places them among the foundational acts of Helsinki's extreme metal underground.
Nvlvs is a black/death metal project from Aarhus, Denmark's second city. The project delivers extreme metal from the cultural capital of Jutland.
Nvnfvkker is a raw black metal project from Aachen, formed in 2025. The project brings lo-fi black metal fury to the westernmost major city in Germany.
Nvrvd is a melodic death metal band from Minden in North Rhine-Westphalia, active since 2010. The band delivers Scandinavian-influenced melodeath from the Weser river town.
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