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Nefalem is a melodic death metal band from Budapest, Hungary, formed in 2021. Named after the angel-demon hybrids from the Diablo universe, they blend melodic sensibility with death metal aggression.
Nefarik is a black metal project from Berlin, formed in 2024. The project is among the latest additions to Berlin's ever-expanding black metal roster.
Jacksonville's Nefarion has been grinding out no-frills death metal since 2007, occupying the grimy middle ground between old-school brutality and modern production. Their longevity in the Florida scene speaks to a consistent, reliable heaviness.
Nefarious Abyss is the solo project of multi-instrumentalist Dominus Gargoyle, conceived as a complete audiovisual experience built around a fictional dark kingdom. The 2019 debut album Dominus blends atmospheric, melodic, and symphonic black metal across ten tracks, drawing listeners into an elaborate personal mythology of conquest and darkness.
Nefarious Dusk is a black metal band from the Cumbria/Derbyshire area of the UK, active since 2018. Their debut Cold Shadows Over Transylvania delivers atmospheric, Darkthrone-influenced raw black metal described as very foresty and winterly.
Nefarious Exterminium is a Death Metal band from Bogotá, Colombia, formed in 2024. The band released their debut full-length "After the Perverse Act" in April 2025 through Ácido Music Studio, an eight-track record built around themes of violence, perversion, and chaos.
Miami's Nefarious Grime dissolves gothic atmosphere into black metal frost and then floods the mixture with outright experimental noise, producing something subtropical and strange. The city's cultural density bleeds into the music: lush, unsettling, and hard to pin down.
Nefarious Mash is a one-man avant-garde black metal project from Grenoble, France, created by classical-contemporary composer Eddy Jaber. The 2022 debut In Memory of Your Hopes, released on Wormwholedeath, combines brutal black metal power with avant-garde harmonic complexity across nine expansive tracks.
Nefarious Murmur practice an occult brand of doom-laden black metal from the Paraíba interior, drawing inspiration from Urfaust, Rotting Christ, and Isengard. Their releases include the demo Ercidium Unreal and the EP IX: Aeterna Paganus Heremita, presenting a slow, ritualistic approach rooted in demonology and esoteric themes.
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