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Niharp navigate the intersection of progressive and traditional heavy metal, layering melodic guitar work from Murilo Mazza and Paulo "Koragem" Cesar against the dynamic vocals of Douglas Rovas. Their 2018 album "Into Ethereal Dusk" is an eight-track record that ranges from sweeping atmosphere to tighter, riff-forward passages, showing a band with genuine compositional ambition.
Nihilfer is a multi-genre metal band from Zagreb, Croatia, formed in 2023. They combine death, heavy, melodic death, and thrash metal into a versatile sonic assault.
Nimród is a heavy metal band from Budapest, Hungary, active since 2016. Named after the legendary hunter of Hungarian mythology, they forge heroic traditional metal.
Evansville, Indiana's Nine Stitches draw from heavy metal, power metal, and thrash simultaneously, resulting in a sound with both melodic ambition and raw bite since forming in 2016. They represent the kind of genre-blending traditionalism that thrives in Midwest scenes removed from the pressure to follow coastal trends.
A Christian heavy metal act from Americana who released a split with Jaws called Madman / A Better World in 1995 on Rock Machine Records. The split showcases a straightforward, melodic approach to heavy metal with faith-oriented themes, situating the band firmly in the Brazilian Christian metal underground of the mid-1990s.
Ninja is a heavy metal band from Wuppertal, the city famous for its suspended monorail, active since 2017. The band brings stealthy heavy metal to the industrial Bergisches Land region.
Savage Black Metal / Punk from Austin.
Ravenna heavy metal act formed in 2015, delivering classic metal energy from Emilia-Romagna's historic capital. Their traditional approach channels the riff-driven power of heavy metal's foundational era.
Nitelyne is a NWOBHM-inspired heavy metal band from Colwyn Bay in North Wales, formed in 2017. Their sound revives the classic British heavy metal sound from the Welsh coast.
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