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Nortia is a melodic heavy/power metal band from Oulu, Finland, active since 2013. Their music delivers the soaring melodies and driving rhythms characteristic of the Finnish power metal tradition.
A classic heavy metal band formed in 1999 whose early inspiration came from the foundational canon of Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, and Led Zeppelin. Their 2003 demo Savoring the Blood and 2004 EP Returning to the Slaughter established their straightforward approach, and they later appeared alongside Norwegian thrash cult act Deathhammer on a split recorded at Tom Santiago Studio in Campinas.
Nosferatu V is a NWOBHM-inspired heavy metal band from Leeds, UK, formed in 2020. The band channels the classic New Wave of British Heavy Metal spirit from the heart of West Yorkshire.
Murrieta's Nostalgia have been carrying the heavy/thrash torch since 2004, delivering a sound rooted in the classic American metal tradition — crunching riffs, hooky choruses, and an energy that nods to the genre's glory days without feeling like a museum piece. Two decades into their run, they represent Southern California's persistent underground drive to keep classic metal alive and uncompromising.
A heavy metal act with a penchant for horror and classic metal aesthetics, Nostalgica released three records in 2021 — the self-titled Nostalgica, Melissa, and Horrorplane — establishing a sound that draws as much from B-movie atmosphere as it does from traditional heavy metal riffing. Tracks like "Battles to Win" and "Horrorplane" reflect the band's B-grade horror fixations filtered through straightforward, hook-driven metal.
Not for Saints is a band from Schwabisch Gmund in Baden-Wurttemberg that evolved from heavy metal origins into nu-metal since 2016. The project's stylistic shift reflects the evolving tastes of the Swabian metal underground.
Connecticut's Nothing Sacred blend progressive metal's compositional ambition with the punch of thrash and the melodic instincts of classic heavy metal, emerging in 2020 as one of the Northeast's more technically adventurous acts. The band pushes arrangements beyond conventional verse-chorus structures, letting their progressive tendencies breathe without losing the momentum that thrash demands.
Nothung is a heavy/thrash metal band from Potenza, Basilicata, active since 2021. Named after the legendary sword from the Nibelungenlied and Wagner's Ring cycle, they forge sharp-edged metal from southern Italy's highlands.
Nottus plays traditional heavy metal with all lyrics written in Portuguese, grounding the band firmly in a local identity unusual for the genre. Vocalist and main composer Cristiano Mendes steers the songwriting toward historical and religious subjects — the 2014 EP A Marcha Negra includes the track A Lança de Longino, which draws on the legend of the spear said to have pierced Christ at the crucifixion.
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