Genre(s):
Heavy/Power Metal
Lyrical Theme(s):
Life, Rock (80's), Fantasy, Armageddon (later)
Origin:
France (Grenoble, Rhône-Alpes)
Formed In:
1979
Status:
Active
Current Line-Up:
Joe Amore - Vocals (Temple (Fra)) (Drums in the 80s)
Franck Milleliri - Guitar (Dark Light)
J.C.Jess (Jean-Christophe Lefevre) - Guitar (Black Hole (Fra), Crysalid, Hiemperium)
Yves Campion - Bass (Urgent (Fra))
David Amore - Drums
Former/past member(s):
Vocals:
Christophe Houpert (On "Waiting for the Twilight")
Jean-Marie Boix (R.I.P 19/04/1999) (On "Power of the Universe") (Bronx (Fra))
Tom Jackson (Zenith (Deu), Praying Mantis, Bernie Marsden's S.O.S.))
Guitars:
Nicolas De Dominicis (1979-2005)
Jean Stripolli
Alex Hilbert (Lonewolf)
Keyboards:
Stephane Rabilloud (On "Cosmovision") (Urgent (Fra))
Additional Notes:
The band originally made it big by opening up for Def Leppard in 1983, back then they played Traditional Heavy/Power Metal. The band broke up in 1987, and then returned in 1999 and now play Power Metal.
Discography:
Nightmare - Demo [demo] - 1981
Nightmare - Maudit Ton Destin [demo] - 1982
Nightmare - Demo '83 [demo] - 1983
Nightmare - Waiting For The Twilight [full-length] - 1984
Nightmare - Power Of The Universe [full-length] - 1985
Nightmare - Escape From the Mirror [demo] - 1987
Nightmare - Astral Deliverance [ep] - 1999
Nightmare - Live Deliverance [live] - 2000
Nightmare - Cosmovision [full-length] - 2001
Nightmare - Silent Room [full-length] - 2003
Nightmare - The Dominion Gate [full-length] - 2005
Nightmare - Travel in the Spheres of Time [best of/compilation] - 2006
Nightmare - The Heretic (Promotion) [single] - 2006
Nightmare - Genetic Disorder [full-length] - 2007
Nightmare - Insurrection [full-length] - 2009
Nightmare - One Night of Insurrection [dvd] - 2011
Nightmare - One Night Of Insurrection (Bonus Live CD) [live] - 2011
Nightmare - The Burden Of God [full-length] - 2012
Nightmare - The Aftermath [full-length] - 2014
Nightmare - Dead Sun [full-length] - 2016
Nightmare - Aeternam [full-length] - 2020
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Official site:
http://www.nightmare-metal.com
http://www.youtube.com/nightmaretv
http://www.myspace.com/nightmareofficial
