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Founded in 2010 by bassist and vocalist Marcel Ianuck, N.W.77 (Nuclear Weapon 77) play old-school crossover that sits at the intersection of hardcore punk and thrash metal, citing Suicidal Tendencies, S.O.D., Municipal Waste, and Ratos de Porão as key touchstones. The band has been prolific on wax, with releases including the albums Youth Explosion and Nuclear Awake, and the 2025 EP Touching the Terror appearing on CD, 7" vinyl, and cassette through multiple international labels.
N.W.D. (New World Disorder) is a crossover thrash metal band from San Cristóbal, Táchira, Venezuela, formed in 2013 after the members previously played together as Epidia from 2007 to 2011. Their 2013 debut album "Press Start to Try Again" features fast, aggressive thrash driven by socially conscious lyrics focused on global crisis and individual agency. The lineup of Luis Orozco on vocals, Yonht Figueroa on guitars, Giuliano Lossio on bass, and Félix Castañeda on drums draws influence from classic thrash acts such as Metallica, Megadeth, and Slayer.
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.
Najash is a blackened death metal band from Posadas, Misiones, whose current lineup includes Alejandro Llanos on vocals and bass, Maximiliano Espachuk and Esteban Rucker on guitars, and Mateo Castillo on drums. The band released their debut album "Viperaeon" in June 2019 via El Conjuro Records, followed by the "Beata Extinción" 7" EP in December 2019 and the full-length "Ara Sacrificial" in 2021.
Nameless Gods traffic in doom-death metal built around the contrast between crushing slowness and the aggressive attack of vocalist Malu Sales, whose background includes former São Paulo outfit Sophie's Threat. Their 2024 debut, And That Sigil Meant Death, leans heavily on cosmic horror and occult imagery across seven tracks, with dual guitars from Damien Mendonça and Isabela Ishibashi carving out a sound that prioritizes atmosphere and weight over technicality.
Namroth Blackthorn was a raw black metal act from the northeastern city of São Luís, operating from 2010 until their eventual dissolution. Their output sat within the lo-fi, abrasive tradition of the genre, with lyrical themes rooted in occultism and self-knowledge.
Namuh emerged from João Pessoa in 2021 as a post-black metal project before shifting toward the depressive end of the spectrum in later material. The project explores themes of loneliness, misanthropy, and inward collapse, working in a spare, atmospheric style that prioritizes emotional weight over technical density.
Naqke is a one-man São Paulo project that pairs raw black metal with dungeon synth, releasing a steady stream of material since 2023 including Old House Memories, Arcadian Tapes I, and The Magicians of Middle Earth. The project shifts freely between abrasive, lo-fi black metal and more solitary, keyboard-driven dungeon synth passages, often within the same release.
Nastik is a death/thrash metal band from Quilicura, Chile, playing a groove-heavy style they label brutal groove death metal. The band released two albums simultaneously in July 2018 — Human Sacrifice, built around fictional narratives of lost civilizations and ritual sacrifice, and GNOSTIC, exploring ancient mythology and esoteric philosophy through tracks referencing Egyptian and indigenous traditions. Both records are self-released digital albums available on the band's Bandcamp page.
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