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Global Flatline (Bonus Track Edition) (2024)
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De Doorn (2022)
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Halo (2017)
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NoisAlive is a progressive/heavy metal band from Pamplona, the capital of Navarre, active since 2015. The band channels the region's fiery spirit through progressive metal from the city famous for its running of the bulls.
NoiseField is a progressive metal band from Pécs, Hungary, active since 2018. They craft complex compositions from this UNESCO World Heritage city in southern Transdanubia.
Nokta is a melodic progressive power metal band from Wetter-Volmarstein in the Ruhr area, formed in 2025. The project fuses progressive complexity with power metal grandeur from the industrial heartland.
Nonamen is a progressive metal band from Kraków, Poland, active since 2012. They craft complex compositions from Poland's historic royal capital.
Little Rock's NonGrata have been one of Arkansas's more quietly distinguished progressive metal outfits since 2012, building complex, layered compositions that reward close listening without sacrificing the emotional directness that keeps heavy music grounded. Progressive metal in a non-coastal city demands a certain self-sufficiency, and NonGrata have spent over a decade honing their craft without the benefit of a large regional scene to validate or challenge them. The result is a band that sounds developed on its own terms, technically focused but never sterile.
Noorag is a groove/progressive/sludge metal band from Cagliari, Sardinia, formed in 2023. They layer heavy grooves with progressive complexity from the Sardinian capital.
Nordelf is a progressive melodic death metal band from Ventspils, Latvia, formed in 2023. They bring technically ambitious metal from this Baltic port city on the Kurzeme coast.
Noreah is a melodic progressive metal band from Dresden, active since 2013. The band crafts intricate progressive compositions from the Saxon capital.
Athenian heavy, progressive, and doom metal act formed in 2012, merging multiple weighty traditions into an ambitious sonic vision. Their eclectic approach blends the melodic power of heavy metal with progressive complexity and doom's crushing gravity.
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