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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
05/08 @ Underground Arts, Philadelphia
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Natan is a pagan black metal project from Genk in the Limburg province of Belgium, active since 2014. The project draws on pagan themes and mythology through a black metal framework rooted in the Flemish underground.
Natan Cunha is a guitarist from Chapada Diamantina who records fully instrumental solo albums, handling all guitars, bass, solos, and drums himself. His debut The Art of Existence (2019) and follow-up Synaptical Omnifarious (2020) move across progressive metal, death metal, jazz fusion, and neoclassical territory, demonstrating a wide technical range underpinned by baião-inflected rhythmic sensibilities from his native Bahia.
Dordrecht heavy metal act formed in 2020, delivering classic metal energy from South Holland's oldest city. Their traditional approach channels the timeless power of heavy metal riffing.
Nataron is a solo death/doom metal project based in Lancaster, UK, created by Greku, a former vocalist and guitarist of Polish band Sinner. The project blends death metal heaviness with doom's deliberate pacing across releases including the album 40&4.
Natas is a black metal project from Eichenau near Munich, active since 2021. The project's name, 'Satan' spelled backwards, signals a straightforward devotion to black metal from the Munich metropolitan area.
Natas Raw Project is a groove/heavy metal band from Naples, Italy, formed in 2023. Their name — 'Satan' spelled backward — adds an inverted occult dimension to their heavy grooves.
Natek is a black metal project from Rome, Italy, formed in 2026. They channel darkness from the Eternal City's vast, layered history.
Natem is a doom/death metal band from Hildesheim in Lower Saxony, active since 2015. The band pairs funeral-paced doom with death metal growls from the UNESCO World Heritage city in northern Germany.
Nathan Watson is an atmospheric sludge metal project from Coventry, UK, active since 2008. The project delivers heavy, atmospheric sludge metal from the industrial heart of the English Midlands.
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