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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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Naakhum is a band from Igualada in Catalonia that evolved from black metal and ambient into blackened folk metal since 2010. The project's stylistic shift blends Catalan folk traditions with black metal from the Barcelona hinterland.
Naamah is a progressive death metal band from Paris, France, formed in 2018. Their music pushes death metal into complex, progressive territory, reflecting the adventurous spirit of the French extreme metal scene.
Naamath is a black/doom/sludge metal band from Yekaterinburg, Russia, active since 2017. Named after a biblical figure, they combine crushing genres from the Ural Mountains capital.
Naaras is a black metal band from Tampere, active since 2018. The band contributes to the robust black metal scene of Finland's third-largest city.
Naastrand is a folk black metal band from Lens in the Alsace region of France, active since 2007. With a five-piece lineup featuring dual guitars and keyboards, their sound blends atmospheric black metal with folk elements, as heard on tracks like Hangmen Forest.
Naasty is a thrash metal band from Soest in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, formed in 2023. The band delivers no-frills thrash metal from the medieval Hanseatic town in the Westphalian heartland.
Naava is a sludge/doom metal band from Helsinki, active since 2013. The band's Finnish name meaning 'lichen' captures the slow, organic growth of their doom from the Finnish capital.
Nabari is a heavy metal band from Berriz in the Basque Country, active since 2020. The band carries the flag of traditional heavy metal from the mountainous Basque interior.
Nabat is a black metal project from Berlin, active since 2013. Operating from Germany's capital, the project adds to Berlin's sprawling and stylistically diverse metal underground.
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