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Piles of Festering Decomposition (2020)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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The Anthropocene Extinction (2015)
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Nightmare World is a progressive power metal band from the Surrey/London area, active since 2017. Their sound fuses power metal's anthemic energy with progressive metal's structural complexity.
Nightporter is a power/thrash metal band from Bremen, active since 2017. The band fuses power metal melody with thrash metal velocity from the Hanseatic city-state in northwestern Germany.
Nightqueen is a symphonic power metal band from Genk, Belgium, formed in 2017. The band brings grandiose orchestral arrangements and soaring vocals to the power metal tradition from Belgium's Limburg province.
NightQuest is a power/progressive metal band from Pančevo, Serbia, active since 2018. They deliver epic, technically ambitious metal from this Vojvodina city near Belgrade.
Nightscape is a power metal band from Skellefteå, Sweden, formed in 2025. A new entrant to the Swedish power metal scene, the band brings melodic metal from the far north of Sweden.
San Diego's Nightshadow deals in soaring power metal forged from equal parts melodic ambition and metallic precision, drawing on the European tradition while maintaining a West Coast drive since their 2021 formation. Their sweeping riffs and sky-reaching vocal hooks make them a compelling entrant in California's growing power metal underground.
Nightwish is Finland's premier symphonic metal act, formed in Kitee and renowned worldwide for their orchestral arrangements, cinematic scope, and operatic vocals. From landmark albums like Once and Dark Passion Play to 2024's Yesterwynde, they have defined and expanded the symphonic metal genre across three decades.
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.
Ninja Magic is a power/thrash metal band from Luleå, Sweden, active since 2016. The band blends power metal melody with thrash aggression from the Arctic-adjacent north of Sweden.
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