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Nightreaper is a heavy metal band from Saint-Marcel, France. The band delivers classic heavy metal with raw energy from the French underground.
Nightride is a heavy metal band from Liege, Belgium, formed in 2023, with their release 'Wherever Leads the Ride' featuring tracks like 'Forever Won't Last' and 'Insurgents.' The band carries the spirit of classic heavy metal through the industrial heartland of Wallonia.
Nashua, New Hampshire's Nightrider have been flying the flag for traditional heavy metal since 1984, a four-decade run of stubborn, leather-and-steel devotion to the genre's golden-era ideals. True lifers in every sense.
Makiivka black metal act formed in 2013, channeling atmospheric darkness from the Donetsk Oblast. Their sustained output from a conflict-affected area speaks to extreme metal's resilience.
Nights Horn is a French black/death metal project formed in 2023. The band merges the atmospheric darkness of black metal with the ferocity of death metal.
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.
NightSeed is a Celtic folk metal and rock band from Rennes, France, blending post-rock and Celtic music traditions into an atmospheric, genre-crossing sound. Their releases SOROR and a mini EP showcase the Breton-rooted musical identity of their Celtic-infused metal.
Kansas City's Nightshade emerged in 2023 carrying the torch of classic heavy metal with a hard rock edge, blending muscular riffs and anthemic songwriting rooted in the American heartland. Still in their early days, they represent a young voice in Missouri's underground metal scene with a sound firmly planted in the traditional mold.
Nightshade is a melodic death metal band from Montreux, Switzerland, formed in 2023. The band forges Scandinavian-influenced melodic death metal from the shores of Lake Geneva, near the site of the famous jazz festival.
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