9 Geeky Musicians You’ve Never Heard Of

8. Napalm Records

Well, this one is a little bit of a cheat.

Napalm records is a publisher that represents a wide collective of nerd-focused metal bands. Covering everything from Dwarven Rock to Pirate Metal, Napalm's publishing list is written proof that nerds and heavy metal go hand in hand.

Their repertoire is full of names both recognisable and obscure, making their YouTube channel a gold mine of geeky alternative music. With everything from Alestorm (A pirate metal band with some of the filthiest lyrics around), Powerwolf (Gothic Metal with a hint of the supernatural), Wind Rose (Warcraft-style Dwarven Rock giving us such bangers as a metal cover of Diggy-Diggy-Hole) and Gloryhammer (Something about unicorns, evil sorcerers, time-travelling Scotsmen and space battles), jumping into their playlist at random is a lesson in surprise.

Napalm records has been running for several years now, giving them an impressive range of content almost guaranteed to cover every corner of nerdy interest.

If you're looking for something truly new in your heavy metal, Napalm Records is the place to go.

Contributor

My passion for all things Sci Fi goes back to my earliest days, when old VHS copies of Thunderbirds and Captain Scarlet gripped my tiny mind with their big, noisy vehicles and terrifying puppets. I'd like to say my taste got more refined over the years, but between the Warhammer, Space Dandy and niche Star Wars EU books, perhaps it just got broader. I've enjoyed games of all calibre since I figured out that dice weren't just for eating, and have written prose ever since I was left unsupervised with some crayons next to a white wall. I got away with it by calling it "schoolwork" for as long as I could, and university helped me keep the charade going a while longer. Since my work began to get published, it's made all those long hours repainting the walls seem worth it.