calum, I think you should do some research. Firstly, I don't know if you were referring to In Flames and Soilwork as NWOAHM bands, but they are both from Sweden, not America. Secondly, I am assuming you have only heard material from Figure Number 5 (i.e. Rejection Role) and at a push stuff from Natural Born Chaos? Well you really should go check out "A Predators Portrait" or "Steel Bath Suicide" or even "The Chainheart Machine" - Predator is full of awesome occasionally melodic thrash - almost like Dream Theater in places due to it's technicality, whereas Steel Bath and Chainheart are basically At The Gates but done twice as well. Try and download the songs "Bastard Chain" or "Machine Gun Majesty" and tell me you think Soilwork are wank again! I promise that you will like it. Oh, and both bands have been around for around 10 years...