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Little did The Bad Penny expect that a feature called “The 20 Best Scandinavian Melodic Death Metal Bands of All Time” that we published five days ago would become the most popular post in the history of this 15-year-old website in its entire existence. But that’s exactly what the headbangers ordered, and it’s spurring us to run some spinoff articles about bands made the cut on the list but that we’ve never had the pleasure of interviewing.

Reaching out to the bands on the list that aren’t as popular as your In Flames, Amon Amarth and Dark Tranquillity, we were reminded that Gothenburg is the historic city that birthed more than just three MDM bands. Nightrage guitarist Marios Iliopoulos said he was both flattered to be recognized and that their artistic output is just as strong as many of the other bands included on the rundown.

Demonstrating Nightrage’s appreciation for being included on this Bay Penny list, he posted it on his Facebook page and sung our praises for jumping off the MDM train and giving lesser-known but equally talented bands waat more attention and acclaim they deserve. Oh, and they tend to be the most amicable and genteel MDM artists out there.

“I’m really looking forward next year,” Iliopoulos reflected. “We’re going into 2026, and I really hope things will go in a more positive direction, both for me and the band. [Trump’s] U.S. is the entire world.”

Watch the above YouTube for much more of The Bad Penny‘s conversation with Iliopoulos.

Learn more about Nightrage on their Bandcamp profile.

Visit The Bad Penny’s On Tyranny archive here.

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