---
title: "Nightmare"
type: "MusicGroup"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/nightmare-80e8a7f9"
genre: "Heavy Metal"
formed: 1979
---

# Nightmare

**Nightmare** is a heavy metal band, active 1979 to present.

Nightmare is a French power metal band, from Grenoble. The band was influenced by the new wave of British heavy metal phenomenon developing in the UK in the 1980s and started their career playing classic heavy metal, that later changed to power metal with death metal and thrash metal influences.

Biography source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nightmare_(French_band)

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Name | Nightmare |
| Genre | Heavy Metal |
| Parent genre | Heavy Metal |
| Origin | Rhône-Alpes |
| Formed | 1979 |
| Releases in catalog | 13 |

## Genres

[Heavy Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/heavy-metal) · [Power Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/power-metal)

## Discography

| Year | Release | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1984 | [Waiting for the Twilight](https://themetalnet.com/album/48ffad36-2934-488e-8021-265a62b10e3e) | Album |
| 1985 | [Power of the Universe](https://themetalnet.com/album/c9b9b160-d965-307e-832d-48ff22d32f4b) | Album |
| 1999 | [Astral Deliverance](https://themetalnet.com/album/9bc9fb2b-670a-3161-b59a-785ec49e5bca) | EP |
| 2001 | [Cosmovision](https://themetalnet.com/album/6d2195df-f83c-338a-b71c-2612b9eed0c1) | Album |
| 2003 | [Silent Room](https://themetalnet.com/album/80e592e6-2d12-327c-99ec-eafb898e97e6) | Album |
| 2005 | [The Dominion Gate](https://themetalnet.com/album/c94a25eb-1edd-35a0-b42a-045c15d9bd71) | Album |
| 2007 | [Genetic Disorder](https://themetalnet.com/album/ce42c15b-7de2-3bda-94d9-7ad1a1854f03) | Album |
| 2009 | [Insurrection](https://themetalnet.com/album/ac0c5e6e-724b-4db7-b895-b245827a26ab) | Album |
| 2012 | [The Burden of God](https://themetalnet.com/album/018848ed-b19a-40f5-a981-166e155f8e4e) | Album |
| 2014 | [The Aftermath](https://themetalnet.com/album/3decd4c2-0a7a-431d-b089-66e9ca2a8055) | Album |
| 2016 | [Dead Sun](https://themetalnet.com/album/ae4fcb32-d1a6-4b8d-b015-4c82a104c3f5) | Album |
| 2020 | [Aeternam](https://themetalnet.com/album/67e7364b-cec4-4e9a-8c8e-50db0143f6d0) | Album |
| 2024 | [Encrypted](https://themetalnet.com/album/939970e1-4d60-440d-9d39-2a6a3c3682d9) | Album |

## Related bands

- [HammerFall](https://themetalnet.com/band/hammerfall) (listened together)
- [Iced Earth](https://themetalnet.com/band/iced-earth) (listened together)
- [Gamma Ray](https://themetalnet.com/band/gamma-ray) (listened together)
- [Dio](https://themetalnet.com/band/dio) (listened together)
- [Arch Enemy](https://themetalnet.com/band/arch-enemy) (listened together)
- [Masterplan](https://themetalnet.com/band/masterplan) (listened together)
- [Edguy](https://themetalnet.com/band/edguy) (listened together)
- [Ozzy Osbourne](https://themetalnet.com/band/ozzy-osbourne) (listened together)
- [Megadeth](https://themetalnet.com/band/megadeth) (listened together)
- [Stratovarius](https://themetalnet.com/band/stratovarius) (listened together)
- [Bloodbound](https://themetalnet.com/band/bloodbound) (listened together)
- [Savatage](https://themetalnet.com/band/savatage) (listened together)

## Official and external links

- metal archives: https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Nightmare/2727
- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nightmare.france
- instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nightmare_band.official/
- youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@nightmaremetalofficial8829
- website: https://nightmare.band/

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Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/band/nightmare-80e8a7f9](https://themetalnet.com/band/nightmare-80e8a7f9). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt