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Navarkotah is a black metal band from Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico, formed in 2025. The band released their debut EP Five Whispers From the Ethereal Forest in June 2025, a five-track recording drawing on melodic, depressive, and war black metal influences.
Poznań death/doom metal act formed in 2018, merging death metal's guttural extremity with doom's crushing weight from Wielkopolska's capital. Their fusion channels the heaviest traditions of both genres.
Navja is a black metal project from Reinfeld in Schleswig-Holstein, active since 2005. Two decades of output from northern Germany's rural countryside have cemented the project as a long-running fixture of German black metal.
Navjarmaahr is a black/pagan metal band from Lyudinovo in the Kaluga Oblast, Russia, active since 2012. They weave Slavic pagan themes into their extreme metal from this small industrial town.
Death and groove metal act from the Dalmatian city of Sibenik formed in 2024, blending crushing heaviness with rhythmic power from Croatia's stunning Adriatic coastline. Their sound draws from both extreme and modern metal traditions.
Navnløs is a heavy/groove metal band from North Wales, formed in 2018. Their sound combines the rhythmic power of groove metal with traditional heavy metal weight from the Welsh countryside.
Navtepheret is a black metal project from Kruševac, Serbia, active since 2014. They channel darkness from this central Serbian city that was once a medieval capital.
Nawak grew out of the earlier project Arkhangel, a group of Limeira musicians who began jamming together in 1999 covering acts like Angra, Iron Maiden, and Stratovarius before steering toward progressive metal. The band issued the demo Prelude under the Arkhangel name in 2002 before adopting the Nawak moniker, then released their debut full-length Trilogy of Rain through Hellion Records in 2005 with a lineup built around guitarist duo Anderson Borges and Amauri Bosco, keyboardist Rafael Barbieri, and vocalist Rodrigo Citta.
Polish black metal project formed in 2018, channeling raw darkness through uncompromising sonic visions. Their atmospheric aggression draws from the deep traditions of the Polish black metal underground.
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