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Nocturnal Rites

SE · 1990–present · active
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Nocturnal Rites
Nocturnal Rites is a Swedish power metal band from Umeå, formed in 1990 under the name Necronomic as a death metal outfit before gradually shifting toward melodic power metal across their early releases. Their first album In a Time of Blood and Fire (1995) signaled the transition, and they developed into a respected melodic power metal act across nine studio albums, including Grand Illusion (2006) and The 8th Sin (2007). The band entered an indefinite hiatus in 2018, returning only for a final studio album, Phoenix (2017), before going quiet.
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Nocturnal Rites Discography

In A Time Of Blood And Fire
In A Time Of Blood And Fire · LP
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12 tracks
  1. 1 Sword Of Steel 3:21
  2. 2 Skyline Flame 5:28
  3. 3 Black Death 4:06
  4. 4 In A Time Of Blood And Fire 5:01
  5. 5 Dawnspell 5:37
  6. 6 Lay Of Ennui 5:00
  7. 7 Winds Of Death 4:16
  8. 8 Rest In Peace 3:36
  9. 9 Dragonisle 6:53
  10. 10 Lay Of Ennui - Demo (Bonus Track) 5:20
  11. 11 In A Time Of Blood And Fire - 2004 Version (Bonus Track) 6:07
  12. 12 Winds Of Death - 2004 Version (Bonus Track) 4:13
Tales Of Mystery And Imagination
Tales Of Mystery And Imagination 1998 · LP
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12 tracks
  1. 1 Ring of Steel 6:42
  2. 2 Dark Secret 5:04
  3. 3 Test of Time 5:00
  4. 4 Lost In Time 3:01
  5. 5 The Vision 4:21
  6. 6 Warrior's Return 4:43
  7. 7 Change the World 3:45
  8. 8 Pentagram 3:47
  9. 9 Eye of the Demon 4:42
  10. 10 End of the World 3:23
  11. 11 The Curse 4:03
  12. 12 Burn In Hell 3:37
The Sacred Talisman
The Sacred Talisman 1999 · LP
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11 tracks
  1. 1 Destiny Calls 3:58
  2. 2 The Iron Force 4:20
  3. 3 Ride On 3:16
  4. 4 Free at Last 3:49
  5. 5 Hold On to the Flame 4:08
  6. 6 Eternity Holds 4:00
  7. 7 When Fire Comes to Ice 3:48
  8. 8 The Legend Lives On 5:47
  9. 9 The Ring's Command 3:24
  10. 10 Unholy Powers (Night of the Witch) 3:12
  11. 11 Glorious 3:25
Afterlife
Afterlife 2000 · LP
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10 tracks
  1. 1 Afterlife 5:26
  2. 2 Wake Up Dead 3:48
  3. 3 The Sinner's Cross 3:47
  4. 4 Hell and Back 3:39
  5. 5 The Sign 3:50
  6. 6 The Devil's Child 3:18
  7. 7 Genetic Distortion Sequence 4:01
  8. 8 Sacrifice 3:21
  9. 9 Temple of the Dead 4:47
  10. 10 Hellenium 4:46
Shadowland
Shadowland 2002 · LP
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10 tracks
  1. 1 Eyes of the Dead 4:52
  2. 2 Shadowland 4:31
  3. 3 Invincible 4:57
  4. 4 Revelation 4:43
  5. 5 Never Die 4:23
  6. 6 Underworld 4:26
  7. 7 Vengeance 5:19
  8. 8 Faceless God 5:13
  9. 9 Birth of Chaos 4:15
  10. 10 The Watcher 3:59
New World Messiah
New World Messiah 2004 · LP
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10 tracks
  1. 1 New World Messiah 4:08
  2. 2 Against the World 4:18
  3. 3 Avalon 4:19
  4. 4 Awakening 5:28
  5. 5 Egyptian 5:52
  6. 6 Break Away 4:34
  7. 7 End of Days 4:47
  8. 8 The Flame Will Never Die 4:20
  9. 9 One Nation 4:29
  10. 10 Nightmare 4:38
Grand Illusion
Grand Illusion 2006 · LP
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10 tracks
  1. 1 Fools Never Die 3:54
  2. 2 Never Trust 4:43
  3. 3 Still Alive 4:02
  4. 4 Something Undefined 4:08
  5. 5 Our Wasted Days 5:17
  6. 6 Cuts Like a Knife 5:10
  7. 7 End of Our Rope 5:26
  8. 8 Never Ending 4:29
  9. 9 One By One 4:23
  10. 10 Deliverance 5:00
The 8th Sin
The 8th Sin 2007 · LP
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11 tracks
  1. 1 Call Out to the World 3:48
  2. 2 Never Again 3:19
  3. 3 Not the Only 5:16
  4. 4 Tell Me 4:13
  5. 5 Not Like You 4:25
  6. 6 Leave Me Alone 3:00
  7. 7 Till I Come Alive 3:46
  8. 8 Strong Enough 3:13
  9. 9 Me 4:13
  10. 10 Pain & Pleasure 3:53
  11. 11 Fool's Parade (outro) 2:38
Never Again
Never Again 2007 · Single
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3 tracks
  1. 1 Never Again 3:19
  2. 2 My Self Destruction 3:38
  3. 3 Fade Away 4:55
Phoenix
Phoenix 2017 · LP
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11 tracks
  1. 1 A Heart as Black as Coal 4:20
  2. 2 Before We Waste Away 4:45
  3. 3 The Poisonous Seed 4:29
  4. 4 Repent My Sins 3:51
  5. 5 What's Killing Me 4:19
  6. 6 A Song for You 3:50
  7. 7 The Ghost Inside Me 5:33
  8. 8 Nothing Can Break Me 4:21
  9. 9 Flames 4:07
  10. 10 Used to Be God - Bonus Track 3:17
  11. 11 Welcome to the End 4:05
A Heart as Black as Coal
A Heart as Black as Coal 2017 · Single
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1 track
  1. 1 A Heart as Black as Coal 4:20
Before We Waste Away
Before We Waste Away 2017 · Single
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1 track
  1. 1 Before We Waste Away 4:45
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