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Nyrst is a black metal band from Reykjavík, Iceland, active since 2016. They are part of the internationally acclaimed Icelandic black metal scene that has produced acts like Misþyrming and Svartidauði.
Nyseius is a Parisian black metal band active since 2010, self-described as an Orthodox Satanic Movement. Their releases De Divinatione Daemonum and Militae deliver religiously themed black metal steeped in occult devotion.
Nythro is a thrash/death metal band from Esplugues de Llobregat near Barcelona, active since 2019. The band delivers punishing thrash-death from the Barcelona metropolitan area.
Nytt Land is a Siberian Nordic folk and ritual music project formed in 2013 by husband-and-wife duo Anatoly and Natalya Pakhalenko in Kalachinsk, Russia, combining Tuvan throat singing with traditional instruments and Old Norse lyrical sources. Their early self-released albums, including adaptations of the Hávamál and Elder Edda poems, established a deeply ritualistic aesthetic rooted in pre-Christian Norse mythology and shamanistic practice. The project signed to Cold Spring Records for Fimbulvinter (2017) and later to Napalm Records, reaching a broader international audience with albums including Ritual.
A freshly formed raw black metal act out of Atlanta, Georgia, Nyvrosk arrived in 2025 with the no-frills, primitive approach central to the style — harsh production, direct riffing, and an adversarial atmosphere that owes more to bedroom-recorded cult recordings than any polished extreme metal tradition.
Nyx is a black metal project from southern Germany, active since 2019. Named after the Greek primordial goddess of night, the project channels ancient darkness through black metal.
Heavy and progressive metal act from the western Greek city of Arta, active since 2016 and combining melodic power with compositional ambition. Their sound bridges the accessibility of traditional heavy metal with progressive rock's structural complexity.
Nyzarium is a black metal project from Transylvania, Romania, formed in 2022. They channel the gothic atmosphere of their famed Transylvanian homeland.
A South Carolina metalcore band active since 2013, NZ operate within a genre defined by aggressive rhythms, dynamic vocal range, and the push-pull tension between melody and breakdown. The project has maintained a long run in a scene known for rapid turnover.
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