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Divine (2024)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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Featured Power Metal Album
Sunset on the Golden Age (2017)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
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Nabiska is a melodic death metal band from Izola, Slovenia, active since 2012. The band delivers melody-driven death metal from the Adriatic coast, one of Slovenia's few coastal metal acts.
Nabla is a heavy/stoner metal band from Latisana in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy, active since 2013. Named after the mathematical operator, they deliver calculated heaviness.
Nabla Dot is a progressive/sludge metal band from Turin, Italy, formed in 2023. They build dense, textured compositions from Italy's northwest industrial capital.
Nachash is a black metal band from Oslo, Norway, active since 2015. Named after the Hebrew word for serpent — the biblical tempter — they channel ancient malice from the Norwegian capital.
Nacht Butcher is a black/thrash metal band from Rouen, France, whose 2017 debut The Wrong Mood delivers five tracks of aggressive extreme metal spanning black, death, and thrash influences. Their sound channels the raw energy of the French underground metal scene.
NachtAltar is a two-piece black metal project from Winterthur, Switzerland, blending punk, crust, and post-black metal into songs about sadness, humanity, and nature. Eschewing satanic themes and rituals, the duo strips their sound to one guitar, drums, and vocals across releases like the 'Verhangnis' and 'Schicksal' EPs.
Nachtblut is an extreme gothic metal band from Osnabruck, Germany, signed to Napalm Records, featuring vocalist Askeroth, guitarist Greif, bassist Ablaz, and drummer Skoll. Their discography from 2011's 'Antik' through 2025's 'Todschick' showcases dark, theatrical metal recorded at Chameleon Studios in Hamburg.
Rijen black metal act formed in 2018, channeling atmospheric darkness from the North Brabant countryside. Their Dutch name, meaning 'nightwandering,' evokes the nocturnal spirit central to their bleak sound.
Nachtfalke is a black metal and Viking metal band from Schneeberg in Saxony's Ore Mountains, active since 2018. The project's name meaning 'night falcon' reflects a Germanic pagan aesthetic channeled through Nordic-influenced metal.
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