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"Mirror" Mixtape (2022)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Nova Twins are a London duo formed by Amy Love and Georgia South, and their music makes heavy rock feel futuristic without abandoning the body impact of riffs. Their sound is built from live guitar and bass pushed through pedalboards until they resemble synths, sirens, sub-bass drops, and industrial machinery. Who Are the Girls? introduced the duo's collision of punk energy, grime attitude, alternative metal, and distorted pop hooks, while Supernova made the attack sharper and more political, tying swagger to identity, race, gender, and scene exclusion. Parasites & Butterflies expanded the emotional range without smoothing away the abrasion, showing how chaos and vulnerability can sit inside the same track. Nova Twins' importance in modern heavy music comes from refusing the usual divide between rock instrumentation and bass-music production. The riffs are real, the grooves are confrontational, and the hooks are immediate, but the textures feel self-invented. Their songs work because every sound seems designed to be both a weapon and a signature.
Novacaine is a thrash metal band from Dublin, Ireland, active since 2019. They deliver numbing thrash intensity from the Irish capital.
Novae Militiae is a Parisian black metal band active since 2011, with three releases including Affliction of the Divine, Gash'khalah, and 2020's Topheth. Their dark, occult-themed black metal has established them as a significant force in the French black metal underground.
Los Angeles's NovaReign emerged in 2018 at the crossroads of European-influenced power metal and progressive metal's technical ambition, bringing soaring melodies and intricate arrangements to a scene not always known for that style. Their songwriting keeps the spectacle of power metal intact while the progressive elements add depth and unpredictability to tracks that reward repeated listening.
Amersfoort doom/post-metal/rock act formed in 2017, crafting expansive sonic landscapes through the fusion of crushing heaviness and atmospheric dynamics. Their contemplative approach bridges multiple genres.
Novarupta is a sludge/black metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden, formed in 2007. Featuring vocalist Jörgen Sandström of Entombed and Grave fame, the band creates crushing, oppressive walls of sludge that build from eerie drone into slow-motion sonic eruptions.
Novelists, often styled as Novelists FR, formed in Paris in 2013 around brothers Amael and Florestan Durand and quickly became a notable French name in progressive metalcore. Souvenirs introduced the band's combination of technical guitar work, djent rhythm, and emotional melody, with songs that balanced intricate riffing against open, atmospheric choruses. Noir and C'est La Vie expanded that sound, often leaning into jazzier guitar phrasing and a more elegant sense of motion than many metalcore peers. Deja Vu and later material brought lineup changes and a different vocal identity, including the arrival of Camille Contreras, which shifted the band's texture without erasing the technical foundation. Novelists fit metalcore scope directly through their riff language, harsh vocals, breakdowns, and scene placement, but their identity depends on fluidity. The guitars often feel expressive rather than purely percussive, and the best songs let melodic detail move through heavy structures instead of sitting above them. Novelists are strongest when the musicianship feels emotional, not ornamental, making precision serve atmosphere, tension, and release.
Novella is a power/folk metal band from the Larkhall/Stonehouse area of Scotland, active since 2013. Their sound weaves Scottish folk traditions into the soaring energy of power metal.
Novelty is a speed/thrash metal band from Budapest, Hungary, formed in 2022. They channel the velocity and aggression of old-school speed metal.
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