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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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Nachtsucht is a black metal band from Hamburg, Germany, active since 2017. The project's name meaning 'night addiction' drives their compulsive exploration of black metal from northern Germany's largest city.
Progressive black/folk metal act from De Bilt, formed in 2014 and merging the complexity of progressive metal with folk melodies and black metal's intensity. Their ambitious fusion channels multiple traditions into a cohesive sonic vision.
Nachtvolk is a black metal band from the Bergamo/Lecco area of Lombardy, Italy, active since 2014. Their German name — 'night people' — fits their nocturnal black metal aesthetic.
Kyiv raw atmospheric black metal project launched in 2024, blending lo-fi production with contemplative atmospherics from Ukraine's capital. Their dual approach bridges raw aggression and sonic introspection.
Nachtzehrer is a German pagan metal project formed in 2023. Named after the vampiric undead of Germanic folklore, the project channels pre-Christian mythology through pagan metal.
Östersund black metal project formed in 2020, channeling raw darkness from the Jämtland mountains of northern Sweden. Their sound carries the frozen intensity of Scandinavian black metal.
Nachzehrer is a black/death metal project from the Saarland region of Germany, active since 2021. The project takes its name from a variant of the German vampire legend, informing their blend of black and death metal from the French-German borderlands.
Nijmegen black metal project launched in 2025, representing the newest generation of Dutch extreme metal. Their dark sonic vision channels the raw intensity of the genre's underground traditions.
Nadarkhani are a Christian black metal project from Santa Bárbara d'Oeste whose 2021 album Divine Transcendence Supremacy anchors explicitly theological lyrics to a raw, lo-fi black metal framework. The project features Abisai Darkaliel on guitar and bass alongside Melancton Samengaleff on vocals, operating within the unblack metal tradition that runs against the grain of the genre's typical anti-religious posture.
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