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Needful Things is a Czech grindcore institution active since 1995, with a discography spanning 'Dead Point' through splits with acts like Controlled Existence and Nervegrind. Their studio recordings at Davos and Walter Sobchack studios showcase a powerviolence-inflected grind attack honed over three decades.
Needle is a groove metal band from Nuremberg, Bavaria. The band brings hard-hitting groove metal riffing to the Franconian metal scene.
Needless is a black/death/thrash metal band from Dánszentmiklós, Hungary, active since 2015. They unleash triple-genre extremity from this small village on the Great Hungarian Plain.
Needs of Consumption is a brutal death metal and goregrind solo project formed in 2020 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, by Saúl Franco Hernández. The project released its debut full-length Taste of Death in April 2020 through Incoherente Records. Franco Hernández handles all instrumentation and is also known for his work in Celestial Hell.
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.
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