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Masters of Morbidity (2022)
Featured Power Metal Album
No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
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Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Neck Cemetery is a heavy metal band from Cologne, active since 2019. The band delivers old-school heavy metal from the Rhineland's largest city.
Neck Sprain is a groove metal band from Budapest, Hungary, active since 2013. They deliver heavy, rhythm-driven metal that lives up to their physically evocative name.
Neckbreakker is a death/groove metal band from Silkeborg in central Jutland, formed in 2024. The band delivers neck-snapping heaviness from the lakeside town in the heart of Denmark.
Haarlem sludge/stoner metal act launched in 2025, delivering crushing heaviness and fuzz-drenched grooves from the North Holland capital. Their downtempo approach channels the most oppressive corners of the sludge tradition.
Necnon Mortuss is a black/death metal band from Neratovice in central Bohemia, active since 2020. The project pairs black and death metal traditions from a small town north of Prague.
Richmond's Necov emerged in 2025 with blackened grindcore that swaps the capital city's storied hardcore scene for something nastier and faster. Short, violent bursts of noise sit at the intersection of blast-beat brutality and black metal scorn.
Necrectomy is a death metal band from Saint Petersburg, Russia, active since 2020. They deliver surgical death metal from Russia's northern capital.
Necro is a death metal band from Como, Italy, active since 2014. They deliver straightforward death metal brutality from the shores of Lake Como.
Necro Chaos is a death metal band from Porto, Portugal, active since 2020. They channel chaotic brutality from Portugal's northern capital.
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