Artists (N)

n2

– Dema Sera un Altre Dia (Tomorrow’s Another Day) (2001) 3.50 stars

Nad Sylvan

– Courting the Widow (2015) NOT RATED

Naked Sun

– Naked Sun (1991) 4.00 stars

Napier’s Bones

– The Wistman Tales (2014) 3.50 stars
– Tregeagle’s Choice (2015) 3.50 stars
– Hell and High Water (2016) NOT RATED
– Alpha-Omega Man (2017) NOT RATED
– Monuments (2018) NOT RATED

Narita

– Narita (1992) 3.50 stars
– Changes (1994) 4.00 stars
– Life (1996) 4.00 stars

Narnia

– Awakening (1998) 3.50 stars
– Long Live the King (1999) 3.50 stars
– Desert Land (2001) 3.50 stars
– The Great Fall (2003) 4.50 stars
– Enter the Gate (2006) 4.00 stars
– Course of a Generation (2009) 4.00 stars

With its Christian lyrics, this band is basically a Prog-Metal/Power Metal/Neoclassical Metal version of Stryper.

Narrow Pass

– A New Day (2014) 4.00 stars

Nathan

– Nebulosa (2016) NOT RATED

Nathan Mahl

– Parallel Eccentricities (1983) 4.00 stars
– The Clever Use of Shadows (1999) 4.00 stars
– Heretik Volume I – Body of Accusations (2000) 4.00 stars
– Heretik Volume II – The Trial (2001) 4.00 stars
– Heretik Volume III – The Sentence (2002) 3.50 stars
– Shadows Unbound (2003) 4.00 stars
– Exodus (2008) 4.00 stars

National Health

– National Health (1978) 4.00 stars
– Of Queues and Cures (1978) 3.50 stars

Nation Beyond

– The Aftermath Odyssey (2007) 4.00 stars

Navigator

– Phantom Ships (2014) NOT RATED

Native Construct

– Quiet World (2015) 4.50 stars

This new and promising band from Boston is, to me, sort of a mixture between Haken, Dream Theater, and Queen with a touch of A. C. T and Symphony X thrown in. I can’t wait to hear more from this band in the future. Excellent!

Native Window

– Native Window (2009) 3.50 stars

Natural Science

– This Side of Paradise (2003) 2.00 stars

Not sure where this band was from, but I’m glad it disappeared after only a single album back in 2003. The music was fairly good, but the singer was horribly out of tune and overly dramatic. Bye-bye. Nuff said!

Nazareth

– Nazareth (1971) 3.50 stars
– Exercises (1972) 2.00 stars
– Razamanaz (1973) 4.50 stars
– Loud ‘n’ Proud (1973) 4.00 stars
– Rampant (1974) 3.50 stars
– Hair of the Dog (1975) 4.50 stars
– Close Enough for Rock ‘n’ Roll (1976) 3.50 stars
– Play ‘n’ the Game (1976) 4.00 stars
– Expect No Mercy (1977) 4.00 stars
– No Mean City (1979) 4.00 stars
– Malice in Wonderland (1980) 2.50 stars
– ‘Snaz (1981) 4.50 stars
– 2XS (1982) 3.50 stars
– Sound Elixir (1983) 3.00 stars
– Cinema (1986) 3.50 stars
– No Jive (1991) 3.50 stars
– Move Me (1994) 4.00 stars
– Boogaloo (1998) 4.00 stars
– The Newz (2008) 3.50 stars
– Big Dogz (2011) 3.50 stars

Neal Morse

– Neal Morse (1999) 3.50 stars
– It’s Not Too Late (2001) 3.00 stars
– One (2004) 4.50 stars
– ? (2005) 4.00 stars
– Sola Scriptura (2007) 4.00 stars
– Lifeline (2008) 4.00 stars
– Testimony Two (2011) 4.00 stars
– The Grand Experiment (2015) NOT RATED

Neal Schon & Jan Hammer

– Untold Passion (1981) 3.50 stars
– Here to Stay (1983) 3.50 stars

Nebelnest

– Nova Express (2002) NOT RATED

Nebula

– Atomic Ritual (2003) NOT RATED
– Heavy Psych (2008) NOT RATED

Necromonkey

– Necroplex (2013) NOT RATED

Need

– Hegaiamas: A Song for Freedom (2017) NOT RATED

Negasphere

– Castle in the Air (1984) 1.50 stars
– Disadvantage (1985) 1.50 stars

Negus

– Dare to Dream (2007) NOT RATED

Nektar

– Journey to the Centre of the Eye (1972) 3.50 stars
– A Tab in the Ocean (1972) 4.00 stars
– Sounds Like This (1973) 4.00 stars
– Remember the Future (1973) 4.50 stars
– Recycled (1975) 4.50 stars
– Nektar (1976) 3.50 stars
– Magic Is a Child (1977) 3.50 stars
– Evolution (2004) 4.00 stars
– Book of Days (2008) 4.00 stars
– Time Machine (2013) 4.00 stars

Nelson

– After the Rain (1990) 3.00 stars

Nem-Q

– Fault Lines (2017) NOT RATED

Nemesis

– Goddess of Revenge (2003) 4.00 stars

Nemezis

– Nemezis (2008) NOT RATED

Nemo

– Les nouveaux mondes (2002) 4.00 stars
– Présages (2003) 4.00 stars
– Prélude à la ruine (2004) 4.00 stars
– Si partie 1 (2006) 4.00 stars
– Si partie II : l’homme idéal (2007) 4.00 stars
– Barbares (2009) 4.00 stars
– R€volu$ion (2011) 4.00 stars
– Le ver dans le fruit (2013) 4.50 stars
– Coma (2015) 4.00 stars

Nemrud

– Nemrud (2016) NOT RATED

Neo Prophet

– Time (2015) NOT RATED

Neograss

– Atlantis (2011) NOT RATED

NeonFly

– Outshine the Sun (2011) 3.50 stars

Neronia

– Blue Circles (2008) 3.50 stars
– Limnotapes (2014) 4.00 stars
– Pure (2017) NOT RATED

Neural Mass

– Descent Into the Lower World (1997) NOT RATED
– The Unbreakable Aqua-Mask of Europa (2001) NOT RATED

Neurotic Outsiders

– Neurotic Outsiders (1996) 4.00 stars

Neuschwanstein

– Battlement (1979) 4.00 stars

NeverDream

– Chemical Faith (2006) NOT RATED
– Souls – 26 April 1986 (2008) NOT RATED
– Said (2010) 4.00 stars
– The Circle (2014) 4.00 stars

Neverland

– Schizophrenia (2007) 4.00 stars

Newbreed

– Child of the Sun (2007) 3.50 stars

New England

– New England (1979) 4.50 stars
– Explorer Suite (1980) 4.50 stars
– Walking Wild (1981) NOT RATED

The New Grove Project

– Fool’s Journey (1996) 4.00 stars

New Idol Son

– Reach (1994) 3.00 stars

New Sun

– Damage Done (2012) 2.50 stars

New Trolls

– UT (1972) NOT RATED
– NT Atomic System (1973) NOT RATED
– Tempi Dispari (1974) NOT RATED

New York Dolls

– New York Dolls (1973) 4.00 stars
– Too Much Too Soon (1974) 4.50 stars
– One Day It Will Please Us to Remember Even This (2006) 3.50 stars
– Cause I Sez So (2009) 3.50 stars
– Dancing Backward in High Heels (2011) 1.50 stars

Newman

– One Step Closer (1999) 4.00 stars
– Sign of the Modern Times (2003) 4.00 stars
– Heaven Knows (2006) 4.00 stars
– Under Southern Skies (2011) 4.00 stars

Newton’s Cradle

– Broken (2015) NOT RATED

Niadem’s Ghost

– In Sheltered Winds (1987) NOT RATED

Niagara

– Now or Never (1988) 3.50 stars

Niall Mathewson

– Eclectic Electric Volume 1 (2015) NOT RATED

The Nice

– Nice (1969) 3.50 stars

Nice Beaver

– The Time It Takes (2015) 4.00 stars

Nightingale

– The Breathing Shadow (1995) 3.50 stars
– The Closing Chronicles (1996) 4.00 stars
– I (2000) 4.00 stars
– Alive Again: The Breathing Shadow Part IV (2003) NOT RATED
– Invisible (2004) NOT RATED
– Nightfall Overture (2005) NOT RATED
– White Darkness (2007) 4.00 stars
– Retribution (2014) 4.00 stars

Nightqueen

– For Queen and Metal (2012) 3.50 stars
– rEvolution (2014) NOT RATED

Night Ranger

– Dawn Patrol (1982) 3.50 stars
– Midnight Madness (1983) 3.50 stars
– 7 Wishes (1985) 3.00 stars
– Big Life (1987) 3.00 stars
– Man in Motion (1988) 3.50 stars
– Neverland (1997) 3.50 stars
– Somewhere in California (2011) 3.50 stars

Night Sun

– Mournin’ (1972) 4.00 stars

Nightvision

– Nightvision (2005) 4.50 stars

Nightwing

– Stand Up and Be Counted (1983) 3.50 stars
– My Kingdom Come (1984) 4.00 stars

Nightwish

– Angels Fall First (1997) 3.50 stars
– Oceanborn (1998) 4.00 stars
– Wishmaster (2000) 4.50 stars
– Century Child (2002) 5.00 stars
– Once (2004) 4.50 stars
– End of an Era (2006) 4.50 stars
– Dark Passion Play (2007) 4.50 stars
– Imaginaerum (2011) 3.50 stars
– Endless Forms Most Beautiful (2015) 4.00 stars

See my “Nightwish – An Overview” for more information.

Nik Turner

– Space Gypsy (2013) NOT RATED

Nikolo Kotzev

– Nostradamus (2001) 4.50 stars

Nimbus

– Obus (1974) NOT RATED

Nine Stones Close

– One Eye on the Sunrise (2012) NOT RATED
– Leaves (2016) NOT RATED

Nine-T-Nine

– Keep the Flame Alive (2009) 3.50 stars

Nite People

– P.M. (1969) NOT RATED

Nitro

– O.F.R. (1989) 1.00 stars

Niva

– Magnitude (2013) 4.50 stars
– Incremental IV (2014) NOT RATED

No Gravity

– Worlds in Collision (2011) 4.00 stars

No More Pain

– Debate and Rhyme (2011) 4.50 stars
– The Post Human Condition (2015) 4.50 stars
– The Spader EP (2016) NOT RATED

No Sweat

– No Sweat (1990) 4.50 stars

Nocturnal Rites

– In a Time of Blood and Fire (1995) 3.00 stars
– Tales of Mystery and Imagination (1997) 3.50 stars
– Shadowland (2002) 4.00 stars
– New World Messiah (2004) 4.00 stars
– Grand Illusion (2005) 4.00 stars
– The 8th Sin (2007) 4.00 stars

Noir

– We Had To Let You Have It (1971) NOT RATED

North Star

– Power (1992) 2.50 stars

Northwind

– Last Day at Lokun (1972) NOT RATED
– Northwind (Woods of Zandor) (1974) NOT RATED
– Distant Shores (1978) NOT RATED

Nosferatu

– Nosferatu (1970) NOT RATED

Not a Good Sign

– Not a Good Sign (2013) 4.00 stars
– From a Distance (2015) 4.00 stars
– Icebound (2018) NOT RATED

Not Otherwise Specified

– Judgment (2011) 4.00 stars
– Projective Instruments (2014) 4.00 stars

Notabene

– Sei Lacrime D’Ambra (2007) NOT RATED

Notice Grace

– Nakid (2018) 3.50 stars

Notorious

– Notorious (1990) 3.00 stars

Nova Art

– Follow Yourself (2009) 3.50 stars

Novac

– The Fifth Word (1970) NOT RATED

novACT

– Tales From the Soul (To Those Who Understand) (2005) 3.50 stars

Novalis

– Banished Bridge (1973) 4.00 stars
– Novalis (1975) 4.00 stars
– Sommerabend (1976) NOT RATED
– Brandung (1977) NOT RATED

Now

– Spheres (1991) 3.50 stars

Now and Then

– A Retrospective (2013) 3.50 stars

Nth Ascension

– Frequencies Of Day And Night (2011) NOT RATED
– Ascension of Kings (2014) 4.00 stars
– In Fine Initium (2016) NOT RATED

Nu

– Cuentos de ayer y de hoy (1978) NOT RATED

Nuclear Valdez

– I Am I (1989) 2.50 stars

Nucleus

– Nucleus (1969) NOT RATED

Numen

– Numenclature (2014) NOT RATED

Nuno Bettencourt

– Schizophonic (1997) 3.00 stars

Nuova Era

– Return to the Castle (2016) NOT RATED

Nuova Idea

– Clowns (1973) 4.00 stars

Nutz

– Nutz (1974) 3.50 stars
– Nutz Too (1975) 3.00 stars
– Hard Nutz (1976) 3.00 stars

Nyl

– Nyl (1976) NOT RATED