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Manual Manic Procedures (2024)
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Monolith of Inhumanity (2012)
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Neant is a raw black metal and dark ambient project from the Orléans area of France, formed in 2023. The project inhabits the intersection of lo-fi black metal aggression and brooding ambient darkness.
Neapykunta is a grindcore band from Colchester, UK, formed in 2023. The band delivers relentless grindcore blasts from the southeast of England.
Near Dark is a gothic metal band from Bochum in the Ruhr Valley, active since 2017. The band crafts dark, atmospheric gothic metal from the industrial heartland of North Rhine-Westphalia.
Near Death Condition is a death metal band from Sion in Switzerland's Valais canton, active since 2011. The band delivers punishing death metal from the alpine Rhone valley of western Switzerland.
Near Death Experience is a doom/gothic metal band from Nantes, France, active since 2006, recognized as influential figures in the history of French independent heavy music. Their catalog, spanning releases like From Scratch, combines the crushing weight of doom with the dark elegance of gothic metal.
Near Death Experiment is a death/thrash metal and metalcore band from Dagenham in East London, active since 2007. Their sound bridges death metal aggression with thrash velocity and metalcore breakdowns.
Neargroth is a black metal project from Moscow, Russia, formed in 2023. They channel dark forces from the Russian capital's vast underground metal scene.
Nearless is an atmospheric black/post-metal project from Bedfordshire, UK, formed in 2025. The project blends atmospheric black metal with post-metal's expansive soundscapes.
Nebel is a blackened industrial metal project from Habkirchen in the Saarland, active since 2015. The project fuses black metal's cold aggression with industrial textures from the French-German borderlands.
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