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Divine (2024)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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Sunset on the Golden Age (2017)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
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Níðstöng is a black metal project from Reykjavík, Iceland, active since 2020. Named after the Norse 'nithing pole' — a cursing stake — they channel ancient Scandinavian malice.
Nizhe is a death metal band from Prague, active since 2020, with a name rendered in both Czech and Russian Cyrillic script. The bilingual identity reflects a cross-cultural approach to death metal.
Nîn Morn is a doom/death metal band from Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, formed in 2011 and signed to No Wasted Records. The band progressed from early EPs — Funeral (2012) and The Black Box (2015) — to their debut full-length Victus Paradisum in 2021, building a sound anchored in themes of death, despair, misanthropy, and nature. Their 2019 EP Valle de la muerte and 2023 single Lament continue to refine their dense, grief-laden approach to the genre.
Nîn Morn is a doom/death metal band from Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, formed in 2011 and signed to No Wasted Records. The band progressed from early EPs — Funeral (2012) and The Black Box (2015) — to their debut full-length Victus Paradisum in 2021, building a sound anchored in themes of death, despair, misanthropy, and nature. Their 2019 EP Valle de la muerte and 2023 single Lament continue to refine their dense, grief-laden approach to the genre.
Nóttcarv is a melodic black/death metal band from Klaipėda, Lithuania, formed in 2023. They bring Scandinavian-influenced extreme metal from Lithuania's major Baltic Sea port.
Nôidva is a Finnish black metal band whose 2023 album Lappish Shatanism draws deeply on Lappish culture, forest mysticism, and shamanic traditions. The four-piece weaves atmospheric and folkloric elements into their black metal, creating a sound rooted in the spiritual landscape of northern Finland.
No Frills is a progressive/thrash metal band from Madrid, active since 2018. The band strips metal to its essential elements with a raw fusion of progressive and thrash from the Spanish capital.
Nodtveidt is a melodic black/death metal project from Sofia, Bulgaria, formed in 2025. The project is among Bulgaria's newest extreme metal entries, blending melodic sensibility with blackened death metal ferocity.
Nöhm Island is a gothic/heavy metal band from Paris, France, formed in 2014. Their sound merges the dark elegance of gothic metal with the driving power of traditional heavy metal.
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