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Rimfrost is a Danish black metal project formed in 2019. Named after the Nordic word for hoarfrost, the project delivers cold, atmospheric black metal.
Rimruna is a black metal band from Berlin, Germany, formed in 2012. The band channels atmospheric black metal from the German capital's diverse extreme metal underground.
Rimthurs is a black metal band from Hudiksvall, Sweden, active since 2018. Their album 'Gravskrift' explores the deepest depths of isolation and eternal death across nearly an hour of dark, nihilistic Swedish black metal.
Ringhorne is a black metal project from Sweden, active since 2014. Their album 'En stig fördömd' delivers atmospheric black metal with evocative Scandinavian-influenced compositions rooted in the Nordic tradition.
Black metal project from Lecco, Italy, active since 2016. Named after the Nazgûl of Tolkien's legendarium, the project channels dark fantasy through black metal from the Lake Como shores.
Rise of Nothingness is an industrial black/death metal band from Paris, France, formed in 2023. The band fuses mechanical industrial elements with black and death metal from the French capital.
Risen from Ecstasy is a black metal project from Bad Berleburg in the Wittgenstein district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, formed in 2020. The project channels black metal from the heavily forested Rothaar Mountains of eastern Westphalia.
Rising of Nadir is an atmospheric black metal band from Metz in Lorraine, northeastern France, active since 2016. The band delivers expansive, atmospheric black metal from the fortress city near the German border.
Rites emerged in 2016 wielding a raw, venomous blend of black and thrash metal that leans hard into aggression over atmosphere. Their sound channels the reckless fury of early Sodom and Bathory — stripped down, fast, and deliberately unpolished. The band's Bandcamp presence under 'thedurites' hints at a sardonic self-awareness that makes their corrosive output all the more compelling.
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