At least 2 bands are known as Northwinds.

1) A Heavy/Power Metal band from Belmar, NJ, USA

Members:

Terrance Brown - Bass

John Radcliffe - Drums

Dave Stein - Guitars, Keyboards

Steve 'The Rattler' Statland - Vocals

One album released in 1990: Sleep With Evil

2) A Doom Metal band from Paris, France.

Members:

Thomas Batside - guitars

Thomas Boivin - bass

Vincent Niclas - vocals, guitars, bass

Sylvain Auvé - vocals, drums

Emmanuel Peyraud - keyboards

Three albums released:

Great God Pan (1998)

Masters Of Magic (2001)

Chimeres (2006)

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