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Featured Album
La Grande Mascarade - EP (2024)
Featured Heavy Metal Album
No More Hollywood Endings (2025)
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The Pursuit of Vikings: Live at Summer Breeze (Main Stage) (2018)
05/09 @ Coca-Cola Roxy, Atlanta
Featured Stoner Metal Album
Gossamer Wings of Illusion (2025)
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Norman is a power metal band from Helsinki, Finland, with roots tracing back to 1970, making them one of the longest-running acts in the Finnish metal scene. Their sound delivers the anthemic energy and soaring melodies characteristic of classic power metal.
Northern Empire is a progressive heavy/power metal band from Odense on the island of Funen, active since 2016. The band crafts elaborate progressive compositions from the birthplace of Hans Christian Andersen.
Northern Flame is a melodic heavy/power metal band from Vaasa, Finland, combining heavy guitar work with keyboard layers and both growled and clean vocal arrangements. Their releases Glimpse of Hope and Twisted Reality showcase a dual-voiced approach to melodic Finnish metal.
Northern Spirit is a melodic death/power metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden, formed in 2024. The band merges melodic death metal intensity with power metal hooks from the birthplace of the Gothenburg sound.
Nortia is a melodic heavy/power metal band from Oulu, Finland, active since 2013. Their music delivers the soaring melodies and driving rhythms characteristic of the Finnish power metal tradition.
Norwald is an epic/symphonic power metal band from Murcia, active since 2019. The band delivers grandiose power metal from the warm southeastern Spanish coast.
Nostradameus is a power metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden, formed in 1993. One of Sweden's longest-running power metal acts, their album 'Illusions Parade' on AFM Records showcases loud, proud power metal with strong riffs and energy, drawing comparisons to Rhapsody and Blind Guardian.
Nostradamus is a power metal band from Deitingen, Switzerland, one of the country's longest-running power metal acts with roots reaching back to 1993. Over three decades, the band has upheld the grandiose tradition of European power metal from the canton of Solothurn.
Nothing Else is a power/progressive metal band from Modena, Italy, active since 2020. They deliver focused, melodic metal from this Emilia-Romagna city famous for Ferrari and Pavarotti.
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